The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 143

By the time the semis managed to move out of the way, Vivienne and Percival were already out of sight.

On the way back to Bay Estates, Leopold called. ‘Percival, what’s the situation?”

“We lost them.” Percival responded, his face pale from blood loss. “Did you catch anyone?”

“We were too late. Leopold replied bitterly, “They had already left by the time we got there. But they left one of the semis behind. We might get something from it.”

“Alright, they fired shots.” Percival said quietly, “We should have the car towed and check where the bullets came from.”

“They shot at you?” Leopold immediately became anxious. “Are you both okay?”

“I took a bullet to the left arm. Percival replied before hanging up and leaning back against the seat.

“What’s wrong?” Vivienne asked, noticing his face was growing paler. It was even slightly blue. Given the amount of blood he had lost, this didn’t make sense.

Upon closer inspection, she noticed that the blood seeping from Percival’s wound was a dark purple color. This had been masked by his black shirt earlier

“The bullet was likely poisoned.’ Percival murmured with his eyes still closed.

Vivienne quickly gave him a life-saving

the car.

want you to be distracted.” Percival sighed, his main concem

to the life-saving pills I gave you?” Vivienne asked, her

gave them to people who needed them more. Percival replied with a faint

their missions. Considering his own survival skills, he had given all the life-saving pills

and just sped back

wound, they couldn’t go to the hospital. It would raise too many

underground parking lot, Vivienne used a car cover to hide the

body. She inspected his wound on the couch and found that half of his arm had tumed

Wolf venom!

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quickly retrieved an antidote for Percival

had waited any longer, his whole arm would

antidote, Percival’s complexion improved

She checked the medical supplies she had brought. “I don’t have any anesthetics.

“Okay.” Percival nodded.

disinfected the wound and then used a small surgical knife to cut through the muscle of

not making a sound. But the fine beads of sweat on his forehead betrayed the amount of

tweezers to remove the bullet and place it on a

been drained, Percival’s left arm gradually returned to

normal color.

problematic. The medicine I have can’t completely detoxify you. need two more herbs. Star Grass and Seven-Poison Flower. But