Ravensblood Forest all i need to know is where to start

ever have that one friend who tasted something awful and then preceded to shove it in your face to get you to try it too? yeah? well astaroth was that friend.

'it's good" he teased, tongue smacking against inky lips as if to give backbone to his obvious lie. "you should try it too" he encouraged, though could already guess the reaction he was sure to receive. either way, whether the scarred stranger tried the sap or not, astaroth himself certainly had no intention of tasting the foul fluid again and promptly pulled himself away from the tree he had licked just a minute ago.