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.

Yvonne. “There’s a venomous

Jeremy’s words reached her, they

look at Jeremy’s pale face and bloodless lips, and sheer

of her lungs, “Bodyguards! Somebody, anyone who

He frowned, irritated. “No yelling in

words came out in a frantic mess. “A snabe! A venomous snake in the

butler’s strict demeanor vanished in an

units, get to the

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Chapter 86

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

dialing

front yard were already

caught the attention of

ran past, Widi managed to grab one of

Yvonne… she didn’t make it. And Mr. Jeremy, he

took off, leaving Widi

Then, snapping back to

living room, a few adults were still sitting around, chatting. When Widi burst in, they all turned to look

her disheveled state. “Grandpa is

she finally forced out the words. “Uncle… the girl you brought… a venomous snake got into the

silence. The butler rushed

that he was already gone.

toward the garden,

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to talk Yvonne into

brows furrowed. “But it’s hurt. You still haven’t told me what to

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