Chapter 97

Daniel was waking up again. It had certainly taken him long enough, Beth thought with tears in her eyes, and she wiped at the cold sweat that had gathered above his brow.

"... Beth?"

"I'm here. You idiot, you scared me! I thought..." Impulsively, she slipped between the covers and curled into his side, shaking more than he was. If anything, he was fine again, and she was the one exhibiting strange symptoms, but the doctor had warned her about that before he left. The symptoms would come on and off, sometimes making him seem fine and then abruptly attacking him out of nowhere.

"You've been poisoned," she said, words muffled against his shoulder. "The rogues must have had someone sneak up on you and try some last-ditch way to get rid of you."

"Poison?"

"The doctor thinks it's some chemical plant toxins with silver. Potent. Really potent. To the point where he doubts the one who poisoned you is healthy, either."

He must have heard all she didn't say. "I wonder what the other guy looks l