She had a splitting headache. Her body quivered and ached as if she finished many days of insane weight training. Drawing her petite fingers to her forehead, she rubbed hard to push away the pain. It didn’t work. What an abnormal night. Kendra’s lids felt heavy when she opened them to a blurry gray and blue room. She lurched up in bed and panicked. Within a few minutes, clarity stepped in. Colors and objects came into view. She fell back against the pillow and sighed. Thank goodness, she hadn’t gone blind. On the other hand, she didn’t recognize her surroundings. In the quiet day, light entered the room through breaks in the blinds. Black curtains, pulled above the window, revealed a blazing red sun with solar flares so close it was impossible to fathom they hadn’t scorched Earth. A giant red sun wasn’t normal. She sat in a simple bed in the corner with white linen and two pillows. The sparsely decorated room had a white five-drawer dresser and mirror across the way near the foot of the bed, a white bedside table to her left, and a white recliner near the door.
