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I nodded, listening to the guests rave.
“And, wow! I can feel the vortex!” the woman continued.
“No, you feel the updraft from Deer Mountain,” Erin murmured.
I stifled a laugh, looking at the mesa they flew over.
About a mile outside town, Erin pulled over and cracked open the window, though she kept her eyes on the balloons.
“Kind of cold, boss.” Chico shivered in the back seat.
“Sorry. I just need a minute,” Erin murmured absently.
She tilted her head, letting the cold air flow over her left cheek.
Henry’s voice carried over the radio. “Three-forty degrees at four point two.”
Madden chimed in a moment later. “Three-forty degrees at four point four.”
I looked north by northwest, drawing a mental compass as the balloons wafted slowly overhead.
Erin shook her head, murmuring, “Not for long.”
I looked around. The last streaks of pink and orange were fading into a perfect blue sky. It was beautiful. Stunning, really, especially with snow dusting the spectacular rock formations. No wonder Sedona drew so many visitors. And no wonderfolks forked out hundreds of dollars for a ninety-minute balloon flight.
My dragon huffed.Poor things.
There was no sign of a wind shift, however. What made Erin think the balloons would change course?
I rolled down the passenger-side window, letting my dragon senses sift through subtle cues in the dry desert air, from the thick, pine-scented layer closest to the ground to the thinner, blander layers higher up, each sliding over and around one another like eddies in an ocean.
My ears twitched just as my dragon said,Over there.
I turned northeast, focusing my senses there.
“Three-forty…Three-twenty-five,” Henry called over the radio. “Looks like we got ourselves a wind shift.”
Erin pursed her lips.
I slid a glance at her. Lucky guess, unusual sixth sense, or magic powers?
“Oh, this is amazing!” one of the guests oohed and aahed.
“Beautiful,” another agreed.
“I can feel my chakras opening up,” yet another gushed.
I did a double take. Her what?
“Is that Airport Mesa?” the first asked.
“Yep. Right over there.” Henry’s voice came over the radio next.
“I knew it,” the woman said. “I can feel the power of its vortex from here.”
“So true,” another chimed in. “I didn’t realize how blocked my third eye was until now that it’s opening up.”
“Very cleansing,” another agreed. “That amethyst you bought probably helped too.”
