The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 412

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Melissa didn’t look up as I approached. “Avery,” she said, pulling up a weed from the base of her summer squash plant. “Twice in one week. You must really like garlic.”

“Melissa,” I said, “I have a dilemma. I was hoping you might be able to help me.”

“Oh?”

I explained it as plainly as I could. I told her I needed something that could increase absorption, something that worked fast and was safe to combine with what I already had.

Melissa listened the entire time, nodding along, brow furrowed as she continued to pull up weeds. When I was finished, she was quiet for a few moments.

“There’s a plant,” she finally said. “Grows in the woods north of the garden, mostly near the creek. Dark leaves, waxy. Small thorns you don’t want to touch.” She glanced up at me, squinting against the sun. ” On its own, it has aphrodisiac properties.” 1

shot

nodded. “All aphrodisiacs really do is increase blood flow to the right areas. Maybe if you distill it with the right solutions, combine it with some other

head. It wasn’t a bad

try it,” I

wipe the dirt off her skirt. “Just don’t touch the thorns. That’s where the poison comes from.”

me. I’m not.” I turned. “Thank you, Melissa. I’m going to head

them back at some point.” She gestured vaguely toward the trunk, where her wicker basket was sitting on top, and turned back to her work. I thanked her again, grabbed

my eyes low, scanning for the waxy dark leaves Melissa had described. The ground was soft here from the recent rain, and the creek

an unexpected way, despite the chaos of my mind as I scrambled to think of potential tweaks to the Lycan Root recipe, being

been a way to pacify my tumultuous thoughts. Even when I’d

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