Chapter 47: Heat After the Hold
The second the private blooms opened I felt the ground pull again like it had more to take.
Julian’s hand found my lower back. “You feel that?”
“Yeah. Soft but there. Not full demand. What now?”
Neri waved from the new dig site near the center grass. “Come help with the pool. Water wants to settle after what we did.”
Kael already had a shovel. “Fire can dig fast. You two rest the claim or join.”
I looked at Julian. “We join. Keep the words going.”
“Good,” he said. “Clothes stay on till the ground asks more.”
We walked over. Soft dirt flew. Neri’s partner handed me a tool. “Deep and steady like the thrusts earlier.”
I dug. “Ground still warm under here.”
Julian worked beside me. “Talk while we dig. Tell them how the last fill felt.”
“Deep. Full. He
