The mistress approached the bush and carefully weeded her hands through the thorns of another plant. But when she pulled out the berry and handed it to the slave, he looked at it in his hand, eyes wide. This was not a raspberry; it was something else entirely. They fit the description he had given here, of little balls but it was definitely not a raspberry. Were he of an artistic mind, he would have drawn her them but he was not. Instead he pulled the cluster of berries on stalks and sniffed. The smell was not deadly but they still smelled faintly of the rose-like perfume the flowers exuded in their prime. But the scent was now stale, like a dead rose wilting in the hot sun.
"No, Domina," he muttered gravely, rolling a single berry between his thumb and finger, letting the rest fall to the ground. "This is a veleno bacca. Deadly in right amounts. A few of these can kill a child," he said as he gestured to the one between his finger tips. The woman wanted a poison, and she had found herself one. He had heard of pups eating these berries, or bringing home branches to show parents. Plenty were beaten for bringing something like that into the home, especially if the child is a slave. It could be considered an attempt at poisoning the household. "Deadly in right amounts," he said softly, squeezing the berries between his fingers to let the bloody juices seep out. "Every part fatal, but berries more so."
Image credited to RomeCabs. Table style inspired by Kitty.
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