Irina halted in her actions. “Is it only Rosa? How did this poison come about?”

Shuu merely smiled at Irina. His eyes were slowly going out of focus as he looked towards Curtis, before shifting his gaze to Damien, and finally to Muir. “Protect her… never… ever leave her…”

“Don’t speak, you’ll be fine!” Irina said stubbornly as she continued to massage Shuu’s body.

When the ape king arrived with his men, he glanced briefly at the tiger limbs strewn all over the ground, before walking towards Irina and her company. “What happened?”

As though she didn’t hear him, Irina was half-knelt on the ground massaging Shuu, her tears falling...