“Don’t struggle…Trish told me you were ill. I’ll explain things later. I wanted to make sure you were okay, but it seems as if things were worse than I thought.” Bruno let out a sigh before kneeling before Gio’s bed to examine him closely. “What happened…? You look like you’re in agony.”

【 ✮ 】— The young boss’s gaze was indeed filled with confusion and shock, tremblingly following the other’s moves, grasping words here and there. The agony was still killing him slowly. « I– » The voice creaked, enhancing the fragility of his entire being even more. « F-fever… and Padre … H-he bit me… M-my blood… »