In Katelynn's memory, she first met Lieselotte on a lawn behind the library.
She didn't have any friends and was always a loner at school. She hated math class, always skipping it to hide in the library and find something she enjoyed reading—like *Interview with the Vampire:The Vampire Chronicles*.
That day, Katelynn had borrowed *Interview with the Vampire:The Vampire Chronicles*.
It was early autumn, but the library was stuffier than usual. She gave up her usual seat by the window, pushed open the back door on the first floor, and wandered out onto the lawn.
Even though it was only early fall, a few dry, yellowing leaves had already fallen and scattered on the grass, like little slices of golden cheese.
Maybe, for the earth, they were like a thin layer of cheese melting onto its surface.
Each step Katelynn took crunched underfoot—canvas shoes scraping against leaves that cracked in that crisp, familiar autumn way.
