The girl tentatively relaxed, and Julia nodded for me to come forward. xxx “Can you sense it?” whispered a second. Every matriarch looked to Flora, the atmosphere of the room growing suddenly tense. Below the expanse of green sky, the world was teeming with life. Clearly, she wasn’t one of the nymphs that held progressive ideals about the Heat Bringer. The beautiful green lights that had illuminated this place of majesty were gone, leaving only dead blackness, and the embers of my fire. I’d never actually used my powers for… anything, so when I raised my hand to ignite the wood, I might’ve overcompensated. Torondi slowly reached over his shoulder, and unslung his bow. I unwound my fingers from the man I was tasting, and reached beneath myself, gripped the wet succulent meat of my
