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💐A Bouquet of New Beginnings, Ch 30💐

Title: "Juniper"

Summary: Artemis and Garreth go on an excursion to find Tobbs and obtain a key ingredient for a potion to ward off dragon fire.

Floriography: Succour

Full Chapter: [AO3]//5.4k words

Excerpt Below:

“You know potions,” started Artemis as they reached the midway point of the brewing process.

“Why thank you.”

Artemis chuckled. “I was wondering if you knew any that made someone heat-proof. Or, heat resistant.”

“How resistant are we talking? A regular house fire? Potion explosion?”

Artemis looked up from crushing the juniper berries. Garreth in turn looked back with an innocent smile.

“A dragon’s fire.”

Garreth’s jaw dropped. “...a what?”

“A dragon’s fire.”

“Okay, my hearing’s fine.” He stirred the potion as he poured in half the chopped dumbcane leaves. “Why?”

Artemis smiled small.

“That’s not an answer, Snow.”

“I can offer you something in exchange for the recipe and your discretion?”

Garreth lifted an eyebrow with a cocked smile. “I’m all ears.”

“Leech juice. Ample amounts.”

“Brilliant!” Garreth exclaimed as the potion turned a midnight blue. “Where are you getting them from?”

“Spinner’s Cavern.”

“Wait, aren’t there spiders roaming about? Heard my aunt talking about it last year.”

She blinked twice; of course he’d know, she should’ve thought of that. “That’s the rumour.”

Garreth groaned. “Why is it always spiders?”

“What else could it be?”

“Butterflies?”

“Pretty sure they don’t like caves.”

“Bugger.”

Artemis chuckled before they moved on to the next steps, and Garreth’s peridot eyes glimmered at finally opening the last bottle of arcane lightning. Garreth followed her exact instructions on how to tip the bottle just right before uncorking and disabling the safety runes. The redhead let out a gleeful shout as half of the teal-lightning shot into the liquid; the runes lit up once more when it was corked.

“Nice job,” complimented Artemis.

“Thank you, I’m here all week.”