The Scarred Queen's Rise (Athena) novel Chapter 620

Chapter 620

At the Duchess Manor

A muffled bang suddenly rang out, startling Athena just as she was about to fall asleep

She turned on her side and glanced toward the window, only to see that the previously shot window had been pushed open

There was o

s only a single lamp lit in the room, casting a dim light that obscured clear visibility.

Athena immediately became alert. Someone had rebered her room.

She instinctively called out, “Jessal Jessa?”

After several calls, there was no response

She wasn’t in the habit of having anyone stay up and keep watch at night, so she had already let Trina and Marquita rest

Athena grabbed the candlestick from her bedside and, mustering her courage, moved toward the window.

On the ground, there was a vague silhouette.

It looked like a man.

Athena lowered her voice and demanded, “Who’s there? Speak,”

The person gave no reply, but in the silence, she could hear the sound of a man’s heavy breathing

Athena’s heart began to race. There were guards at the Duchess Manor, along with attendants who patrolled the night. This man had somehow bypassed all of them and entered her private chamber

She raised her voice with a more forceful tone. “If you still won’t speak, ‘ni calling for help. Still, there was no ansat.

She turned to run, her hand just brushing the door, when the man finally spoke. “It’s me.”

But what confused her was how someone as highly skilled in martial arts as Xander could be so weak that he collapsed in her room.

She rushed back to him, and when she got a closer look, she confirmed it was indeed Xander.

She reached out to support his arm, but even through his thin clothing, she could feel how alarmingly hot his body was

“Kander, what’s wrong with you! Athena tried to help him up, but Xander suddenly gripped her arm with startling strength.

His breath was scalding hot, and his entire body felt as if he were being boiled alive.

Seeing him in this state, Athena suddenly understood. He must have been drugged,

Xander clutched her tightly, then forcefully pushed her away. “Get someone else… or knock me out

He had no idea how much wilpower it took just to make it to Athena’s place.

He trusted no one but her. She was a physician.

Athena fell to the ground from his shove Kander looked at her apologetically, sweat pouring down his face. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you”

“This isn’t the time to say sorry. Let me get you up first and help purge the toxin.” Athena looped his arm over her shoulders. With great effort, managed to get him onto the bed.

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Chapter 620

Xander looked at her, confused, white Athena tummaged for her medical kit and siber needs.

She explained while working, “This dog won’t stop even if you’re knocked out You might die if it continues to revage your body. The only way is to wor acupuncture to release part of the drug’s potency, then you can take an antidote to stabilize yourself”

Xander nodded obediently listen to you”

Athena undid lothes, revealing his muscular inrso.

His body was flushed pink from the effects of the diug

Holding t

iding three silver needles between her fingers, Athena fomed them in the candlelight, the tips glowing faintly blur

She looked down at his fevered face. His Adam’s apple moved under his seat drenched neck, and usually sharp features we now used with a misty heat

“This will hurt,” she said as she plunged a needle into his acupoint, the tip going in half an inch deep.

Xander groaned, his chest muscles tightning and rising like waves.

The medicine was rampaging through his meridians. He grabbed Athena’s wrist, his palm so hot it made her tremble

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