Three Valleys SammiChapter 25
Sammi was up before dawn, too restless to sleep. She double-checked everything she was taking with her, and then, because nobody was up and weren't likely to be up for at least two more hours, got dressed, put on a jacket, and went outside. When she was younger she and Sam used to go sit outside and look at the stars. There was something about the last hour before dawn that seemed special, the quiet, the gradual brightening of the horizon, the stars fading out one by one, and the...