Heat slammed into the garden at noon and every body started glowing.
I wiped sweat from my face and looked at Julian. “This is not normal sun,” I said. “Feels like the flowers are pushing it.”
“They are,” he answered, already pulling his robe loose. “Nectar is boiling in the air. Everyone feels it.”
Talia ran up flushed. “The kids are fine in the shade but the adults are restless. Songs are turning hungry.”
“Gather everyone in the big circle,” Julian told her. “Liam, we need to talk this out before it turns wild.”
I called loud. “All adults to the center. Now. Leave the little ones with the older kids under the cool vines.”
People came quick, skin shining, eyes dark. Kade spoke first. “I cannot stop touching the blooms. They feel like skin.”
“Same,” Mira said. “My hands want everyon
