Chapter 78: 'It was an ordinary kitchen knife.'

ELENA

"Huk—Urgh!" A grunt of pain punched the silent space.

The body twisted and untwisted itself, convulsing and flapping like a fish out of water. More low, thick grunts and growls of torture punched the silence as the poison unwillingly followed the white glow to the opening—the stabbed wound—to remove it from the system.

The door opened and closed, and my love was back in the spot across the bed from me, checking the cub's pulse.

"How is it?" I whispered.

Ellis held Keithen's wrist as he stared at the pink edges of the large crimson blot of the sheets, his brows knitting with focus. Then, he looked up to meet my gaze.

"It's still slow...."

Panic seized me.

"But it's stronger. By a notch."

I sighed, my lips quivering in sheer relief. "His heart is working again."

Ellis sighed too. "It's still weak, but it's working."

"Thank Goddess." Heat of relief swarmed to my eyes as I watched my left hand drag slowly and steadily across the air above the cub's back, pulling the white glo