The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 408

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The first thing I did was separate what I’d harvested. The aphrodisiac plant went on one side, the plants I had gathered on the way back on the other side. I worked methodically, trimming stems, sorting leaves by size, setting aside anything that didn’t look right. 1

Then, I pricked my finger. Just a drop of blood was all it would take. I pushed the blood out into a small dish and then started the distillation process.

The distillation process wasn’t complicated, but it required attention. I had a small portable burner I used for field work that I set up on the table, along with a glass beaker and a length of copper coil.

ran I started on the blending ratios. This was the part that required actual thinking, which was why I preferred doing it alone. I was so deep in my notes that I didn’t notice I’d moved the cloth aside on the aphrodisiac cuttings

a quick, painful sting. I pulled my

tip of my thumb where one

I quickly grabbed a cloth and pressed it firmly to my

I made it to

match in my low belly, and the fire was quickly catching on all of my organs and tissues, turning everything hot and irresistible. I turned, biting my lip. My vision swam, and the

pleasure into my hips, and I let out a low, involuntary

But I was already slumping against the table, half-laughing to