Location: Yinxin's Cave
Time: Day 511 | Telia: Day 2
Realm: Telia (Feudal World)
Jayde's heart stopped.
Shenxin lay motionless in her hands, the glowing potion still coating his tiny throat. Too still. Way too still.
Vitals check. Pulse. Breathing. Now.
She pressed two fingers against his chest, just below where the silver scales met soft belly skin. There—faint, but there. A heartbeat. Slow but steady.
His ribs expanded. Shallow, but expanding.
(He's breathing. He's okay. He has to be okay.)
"The healing process can be painful initially," she said quickly, keeping her voice calm even as adrenaline spiked through her system. "The potion's working. His body's responding."
She laid Shenxin down carefully on the softest patch of moss, then turned to Huaxin. The female wyrmling was barely breathing, her lavender-edged frill limp against her neck.
Second dose. Move fast. Every second counts.
