Chapter 86

“Security, no, bodyguard!” Jeremy nearly jumped out of his skin, yelling at the nearest servant.

Before they could react, he pointed frantically at Yvonne’s tiny hand, his voice shaking, “Quick, throw that thing away!

“Huh?” Yvonne blinked, looking down at the ‘flower vine she was holding. It was hurt, barely moving, Just tossing it aside didn’t feel right. She hesitated.

“But it’s injured, she mumbled.

Jeremy, on the other hand, was dealing with his own kind of injury; emotional trauma.

If she weren’t his little sister, he would’ve been halfway across the house by now.

Seeing how pale he looked, Yvonne took a step closer, worried. “Are you okay?”

Jeremy’s eyes widened in horror. “Don’t come any closer!”

She froze, startled. His reaction made her feel a little sad.

Then, in a voice that wobbled between panic and desperation, he finally blurted out, “Yvonne, that’s not a flower vine, it’s a snake! A venomous snake!*

She stared at him with big, curious eyes, then glanced back at the creature in her hands. Her voice was soft and innocent. “What’s a venomous snake?”

For a brief moment, Jeremy had the ridiculous feeling that maybe he was the one overreacting.

But that thought lasted exactly one second before he shook his head and snapped himself out of it. “No! I’m not overreacting, this is a normal reaction.’

Back in survival training, the instructor had warned them about this exact kind of snake; short and thick body, triangular head, gray–brown scales with a crisscross pattern on its back. The only venomous snake in Strate City: the short–tailed viper.

One bite from this thing, and he would be knocking on death’s door. This was no joke.

commotion. Jeremy spotted

Yvonne. “There’s a venomous snake in her

a master of selective hearing. By the time Jeremy’s words reached her, they had morphed into something far worse. “What?!

Jeremy’s pale face and bloodless lips,

at the top of her lungs, “Bodyguards! Somebody, anyone who

she ran down the corridor, the butler happened to pass by. He frowned, irritated. “No yelling in the back house!

Her words came out in a frantic mess. “A snabe! A venomous snake in the garden! It bit Miss Yvonne, she’s in danger!”

The butler’s strict demeanor

“All units, get to the

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Yvonne’s been bitten, she’s been poisoned!”

before dialing the hospital and the private

yard

sudden chaos caught the

to

snake in the garden!” the guard gasped. “Miss Yvonne… she didn’t make

he took off, leaving Widi standing

snapping back to reality, she spun around and

around, chatting. When Widi burst in, they all turned to

“Grandpa

locked eyes with Kelvin, her lips trembling as she finally forced out the words. “Uncle… the girl you brought… a venomous snake got into the

room fell into stunned silence. The butler rushed

turned to look at Kelvin, only to find that he was already gone. No one had even noticed

toward the garden, the atmosphere was heavy.

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to talk Yvonne into putting the snake

“But it’s hurt. You still

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