Valen POV
I placed Everly in the waiting ambulance, ordering Marcus to watch Valarian for me since he remained behind with Zoe. Once we got to the hospital, Emily was placed in a medically induced coma; they had no idea what was wrong with her. However, forsaken saliva can be poisonous; the amount of bacteria they carried had baffled us for years. We weren't sure what changed in their DNA once made forsaken, which is part of the reason our city rarely banishes people. Everly was slowly healing and had drips coming out of her everywhere and antibiotics. The infection ravaging her body was mild, and the few wounds I received had already healed.
I had noticed that forsaken bites had never really affected me, something to do with the same genetic mutation in my bloodline that resulted in amb
