The room was filled with the odor of disease and the anxiety of imminent mortality. Alpha Orion rested on the bed, breathing shallowly as his chest rose and fell. The injury caused by Draga had worsened, becoming an inflamed red and spreading a sinister toxin throughout his body.
His eyes, which were once full of life, now appeared dull, and his robust body now appeared weak. Helen, his pregnant wife, who is young and heavily expecting, kneeled next to him with tears running down her cheeks.
"Please, take action," she pleaded with the healer, a woman with long silver hair and piercing green eyes who stood inspecting Orion's injury with a serious expression.
The healer was taken captive by the Bloodmoon pack following a raid. Helen found bitter irony in her presence here, but she held onto the hope she symbolized. The healer lifted her gaze at last, showing a blend of compassion and resolve in her eyes.