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After years of ICU work, family responsibilities, and grief tied to Melanie’s death, Shelby confronts desire and longing in a space that invites intimacy without judgment. A first-time drink, new conversations, and the crowd’s confident freedom push her to choose presence over distance.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nCopyright © 2026 by Stella Rowe  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by an electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.  \nPublished by Crow & Compass Publishing  \nTucson, Arizona  \n[www.stellarowe.com](www.stellarowe.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n1. First Green  \n2. Chosen  \n3. Freshly Planted  \n4. The Gardener's Tools  \n5. Watered  \n6. Pruning the Edges  \n7. The Harvest  \n8. After The Bloom  \nWant More Cirque Érotique? Also by Stella  \nAbout Stella Rowe  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFirst Green  \nI STOOD OUTSIDE THE brick warehouse in Portland's industrial district, my feet already aching in the low black heels I rarely wore. My body felt like concrete after last night’s ICU shift, the school drop-offs, that too-short nap, and then dinner prep. The ticket trembled slightly between my fingers. Two hundred fifty dollars. A fortune that could have gone to new soccer cleats for Jamie or that science camp Ellie wanted.  \nMy sister Lauren's words echoed in my head: \"Go. For once, just go. If you never fill your own cup, what are you supposed to pour from, Shelby?\"  \nAround me, couples kissed deeply, passing joints between painted lips. A woman in a ballgown laughed, her hand sliding down her partner's leather pants. Another wore only electrical tape over her nipples and a sheer skirt.  \nI tugged at my plain black dress. Nurse clothes. Mom clothes. Widow clothes.  \nThe warehouse doors swung open, releasing a wave of warm, sweetscented air. I took a breath and let the crowd carry me forward.  \nI stepped through the doors and into another world. The industrial warehouse had been transformed, its concrete bones overtaken by life.  \nFerns cascaded from the ceiling, their fronds swaying gently above my head. Moss climbed up the walls, softening every hard edge with vibrant green velvet. The corridor stretched before me, narrower than I expected, forcing intimacy with strangers as we moved deeper inside.  \nThe scent hit me first. Rich, wet earth that reminded me of spring gardening. Roses, not the sterile florist kind, but wild and heady. Cannabis smoke wove through it all, sweet and forbidden. When was the last time I'd partaken? College, probably.  \nWarmth enveloped me next. After the chill Portland night, the humidity wrapped around my skin like a living thing. Sweat beaded at my hairline, on my neck, and between my breasts.  \nA low, pulsing beat thrummed beneath everything. Not quite music, not quite nature, but something primal that vibrated in my chest. Water trickled somewhere. People murmured. Leaves rustled.  \nMy nipples hardened against my bra. Heat pooled between my legs. My body waking up while my brain still struggled to process what I was seeing. Six years of numbness since Melanie died, and suddenly, without permission, I was alive again.  \nI emerged into a vast open space that stole my breath. Around the perimeter, twelve garden beds waited like altars, real soil dark and rich within their wooden frames. Not decorative displays but actual growing spaces, scattered organically throughout the warehouse as if they'd sprouted there naturally. Delicate flowers nodded their heads in invisible currents. Thick carpets of moss draped over platforms that rose at varying heights.  \nBetween massive concrete pillars hung translucent green silk that rippled with the movement of bodies passing behind it. Grow lights cast everything in a soft, golden-green glow that made even my plain black dress look somehow magical.  \nThe crowd moved like a living organism. 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