Nearby, Leela and her husband, Elwyn, were giving equal attention to Khel, who was lying back in bliss to accept it.
Leela’s brother, Lukas, was kissing Morty and beginning to untie his trousers, though Morty had been fawning over Xari all night.
In turn, Xari was with Fennic, rolling in the grass, as she held tightly to a very different gnome than the one she’d been exchanging stories with all night.
The sight of them and the nearness of Gaian beside Zen stirred the passions deep inside him all the hotter. Zen felt calm, pliant, and had ever since…
The pastry. Just like in the village, when he’d felt mostly at ease after eating one of the sweet pastries Dante purchased, and later, how trusting he’d felt eating and drinking at the festival.
There was something in the food.
“My horde
