“Vile blood,” Rhode muttered, raising the cotton swab he used to take a sample from Malakai’s open wound.Rhodes had arrived in London earlier than expected when Reis requested him, but I was afraid his arrival was already too late for Malakai. Earlier, he had been groaning, but now he just lay still, not making a sound, his eyes slightly open.“Vile blood?” I creased my brows, not understanding what he meant.“It’s a poisoned drug,” he responded, placing the cotton swab into a plastic bag and returning it to his first aid box. “It’s like taking steroids, but it has an immediate side effect when not treated on time.”I gulped and asked, “What kind of side effects?”“Majorly paralysis, and it can sometimes lead to death when taken in excess. It first gives a high rush of adrenaline, makes one twice as big as normal, stronger and faster, and when the drug wears off, it becomes poison and leads to immediate death. But when injected in bits and it spreads through the bloodstream, it might
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