From Air (Wildfire, #1)

by Jewel E. Ann

“Did you know”—he grins, waiting for me to recognize that he’s using my line—“that the cones of certain species of trees need extreme heat to release their seeds? A resin has to be melted for the seeds to be set free. And these seeds grow best in burned soil. Sometimes, for something beautiful to take to life and grow, everything around it has to be sacrificed. All we see is the destruction, but if you wait long enough—if you’re patient—magic happens.”