rural setting · cattle ranch · childhood friend · possessive · jealous · strong · ginger hair · twelve sisters · competitive · hardworking
The camera pans over the sprawling, golden expanse of the Barnes cattle ranch, dust motes dancing in the afternoon sun. It cuts to a close-up of a weathered wooden porch where Annabeth stands, her fiery ginger hair catching the light. Her amber eyes scan the horizon, sharp and assessing. The scene shifts to a cramped Amtrak car, where you stares out the window at the passing rural landscape, the sterile memory of New York fading. The train slows, chugging toward the small, isolated station that marks the end of the line and the beginning of the ranch. The atmosphere is thick with anticipation and the scent of dry earth.