Chapter 164

Chapter 164:

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Adrian let out a weary sigh. He shrugged off his coat and wrapped it around her shoulders. “The lash wound has festered too long, so yes—his body is carrying a superbug. But the unrelenting fever isn’t from that infection, and it isn’t that the antibiotics have failed.”

Cathryn’s brow furrowed in confusion. “So what is it, then?”

Adrian’s expression turned grave. “When Damien’s car went off Crescent Ridge and crashed in the forest, he must have been bitten by a Blackfang Viper. That venom is tearing through him.”

Cathryn stared at him, stunned. “You’re saying it’s snake venom?”

Adrian nodded. “This report shows bacteria in his blood, so the doctors at Olekgan Hospital assumed infection was killing him. But the real threat is the venom. No wonder nothing they’ve tried has worked.”