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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

brows shot up. “An

really do is increase blood flow to the right areas. Maybe if you distill it

scratched my head. It wasn’t a bad

it,” I

don’t touch the thorns. That’s where

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

and gloves. Just bring them back at some point.” She gestured vaguely toward the trunk, where her wicker basket was sitting on top, and turned back to

the garden. I moved along the creek bank, keeping my eyes low, scanning for the waxy dark leaves Melissa had described. The

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

nature, had always been a way to pacify my tumultuous thoughts. Even when I’d been a prisoner in Asher’s

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