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.

you say so earlier?! Vivienne quickly gave him

the car.

didn’t want you to be distracted.” Percival sighed, his main concem had been Vivienne’s safety, especially since their

pills I gave you?” Vivienne asked, her

them to people who needed them

given all the life-saving pills Vivienne had given him to Leopold to distribute among his team, keeping none

didn’t say anything and just

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

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

reveal his muscular upper body. She inspected his wound on the couch and found that half of

Wolf venom!

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an antidote for

waited any longer, his whole arm would have decayed

antidote, Percival’s

bullet. She checked the medical supplies she had brought. “I don’t have any anesthetics. This is going to

“Okay.” Percival nodded.

used a small surgical knife to cut through the muscle of Percival’s left arm. Dark purple blood gushed out. She quickly inserted a

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

of tweezers to remove the bullet and

been drained, Percival’s left arm gradually returned to

normal color.

any arteries or We bone. But the venom is problematic. The medicine I have can’t completely detoxify you. need two more herbs. Star Grass and Seven-Poison Flower. But don’t worry; as long as I’m here,