I nodded with difficulty, grimacing in pain.
The situation was very critical now. If I passed out, Caleb wouldn’t stand a chance against the poison.
So to save his life, I bit my lip hard and forced myself to sober up.
“Hang in there, honey!” Ivy said through gritted teeth.
After what felt like an eternity of pain and suffering, the pain reached my most vital organ.
“My heart… It can’t…” I struggled to form the words.
“Your heart?” Melany looked up in high alert.
After some rapid thinking, Melany quickly injected some kind of drug into Caleb’s body.
The pain in my body was gradually alleviated.
Most importantly, the discomfort in my heart disappeared.
The antidote took effect and the poison gradually dissipated. But the whole process was tormenting.
I felt bouts of freezing cold, followed by episodes of burning heat. My clothes were soaked in sweat and I kept trembling uncontrollably, as though thousands of ants were crawling and biting my body.
My lip burst because I had been biting it too hard, and the metallic taste of blood quickly spread in my mouth.
Around an hour later, Brian finally declared that Caleb was recovering.
“He’s getting better!” Brian shouted in euphoric surprise.
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My heart was finally set at ease, and even my body, which had been tortured relentlessly over the past hour, didn’t seem to be in so much pain anymore.
“Send Caleb back to the ward first.”
The nurse obediently wheeled Caleb back to the ward so that he could rest.
I slumped over my chair and Melany hurried to check on me.
“Debra, are you okay? How are you feeling?”
I didn’t even have the strength to speak and could only try to force a smile at her.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
“You took a huge risk, you know that? What if he died? You marked him, so you’re connected now in mind and in body. You’re already in bad shape now. If he died, you might’ve died, too!”
I feebly held her hand and managed to squeeze out a few words.
“Thank you for saving him.”
