The Hidden Harvest

This wasn't a good sign.

Thalia thought for a moment and then sent a message to Bria, "Bria, what are you up to right now?"

Bria replied instantly, "I'm outside the city with my brother and sister-in-law to see if we can find any mutant plant seeds."

It was August—autumn in the Stellar Calendar—and the peak season for mutated plants to mature.

Every year around this time, large numbers of harvesti