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

the car.

sighed, his main concem had been Vivienne’s safety, especially

life-saving pills I gave

people who needed them more. Percival replied with a faint

given all the life-saving pills Vivienne had given him to Leopold

anything and just

they couldn’t go to the hospital. It would

Vivienne used a car cover to hide the bullet holes. Then she helped Percival into the elevator, and they ascended to

She inspected his wound on the couch and found

Wolf venom!

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an antidote

had waited any longer, his whole arm would have decayed and needed to be

antidote, Percival’s complexion

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

“Okay.” Percival nodded.

small surgical knife to cut through the muscle of Percival’s left arm. Dark purple blood gushed

a sound. But the fine beads of sweat on his

tweezers to remove the bullet and place it on a piece of gauze on

drained, Percival’s left

normal color.

the wound again and said, “Fortunately, the bullet didn’t hit any arteries or We bone. But the venom is problematic. The medicine I have can’t completely detoxify you. need two more herbs.