"'Yes'," Kaida said immediately.
But even as she said it, her eyes flicked back to his injuries.
'His ribs were broken. I heard them snap. Three, maybe four of them. And his shoulder was dislocated.'
But when she looked now—really looked—something was... different.
The bruising on his back was lighter. The swelling had gone down. The bones that had been jutting out at wrong angles when she'd first checked him after the collapse now looked... normal.
Not healed. But 'healing'.
Faster than any human should.
'What the hell is he?'
Viktor sighed, oblivious to her scrutiny.
Before the argument could continue, his attention shifted.
Bella.
She was still sitting a few feet away, but something was 'wrong'.
Her entire body was trembling—not from embarrassment this time, but from something else. Her shoulders were hunched inward, her arms wrapped tightly around herself, her cat ears flattened against her skull.
Her lips had a faint blue tinge.
Her skin looked pale. Too pale.
