Twin Elements by Mell Eight
Author:Mell Eight [Eight, Mell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Royalty, twins, herbologist, conspiracy, poisons, Romance, HEA
Publisher: NineStar Press
Published: 2023-10-16T18:30:00+00:00
Chapter Nine
âThe healersâ college finished their analysis of the blue versus red portions of the fire flower,â Shartha said as she walked into the lab beneath the healersâ wing. She dropped a loosely bound sheaf of papers on the table before taking her usual seat across from Maya.
Maya slid a bookmark into the Compendium of Aishen Plant Life and set the tome aside before picking up the papers.
âDid they find anything interesting?â he asked, flipping through and skimming for the moment, although he would definitely read it in full when he had some free time. He stopped when he reached a section headlined âBerryâ to actually read it.
âJust that your solution for the berry skin poison was likely the most effective one. Use the thundervine concoction to wake the victim from the stasis, and then administer a small amount of petal.â Shartha grinned at him. âThey think eating some of the skin or the blue center might be the most effective means of combating poisoning by the petals, but only after preliminary findings. Theyâre planning to conduct a more in-depth study next. Are you interested in participating with the research?â
Maya shook his head. âIâm not interested in that level. I just want to understand the plants. Is there a reason they didnât conduct an analysis on the berry flesh here?â
âI think they were only focused on the dangerous parts of the plant. Why?â
Maya grinned at her. âIâm trying to figure out why itâs impossible to make alcohol from pressing the berries. None of the traditional techniques of making wine or spirits work, and I want to know what about this berry is so unique.â
âHow so?â Shartha looked interested even though there was no healing application for his research.
âWhy is the berry flesh pink?â he asked in an apparent non sequitur. âThe flower is red, but the skin is blue; if that was combined, the flesh ought to be purple and poisonous, but itâs not. Something is filtering out the blue, most of the red, and all of the poison, leaving a berry that resists fermentation. I want to know why.â
âYou think youâll be able to find out?â she asked, and her raised eyebrow said her question implied more than whether the science was possible.
Which was actually why Maya was hiding downstairs in the lab rather than spending time elsewhere: he didnât want to go home.
Home was water and familiarity, but it was also Father and expectations and, quite frankly, boredom. He had the same routine, day after day, and Father constantly looking over his shoulder, ensuring Maya did nothing to upset the familyâs balances. Father very much wanted the elements to choose one of his children as successor, which meant all of his children must be perfect. The pressure was crushing, particularly since Maya had zero interest in being chosen as king. All he wanted was to research his plants in peace, not be pranced around among the people or compared with the accomplishments of his siblings. Maya had pushed
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