Then he reached into his purse, feeling what writhed there, almost like human flesh. He drew the stuff out. A bunch of already drying black petals which still moved with a life of their own. A few large pods, which also had a fleshy look to them.

This is an Elric novella, in which the albino prince and his companion Moonglum travel to a ruined jungle city with a party led by two princesses whose father vanished on a recent expedition. Elric and Moonglum have a different reason for wishing to visit the city; to find a flower that blooms just once a century and may be able to cure Elric's debilitating weakness once and for all, so that he will never again have to resort to using his sorcerous sword Stormbringer

The adventurers have heard tell of the tribes of dwarfish cannibals congregating around the city, but aren't prepared for what they find when they arrive and neither was I, which is good. ( )