Ryan's guards had Astella cornered as Malcolm still laid almost unconscious on the bare ground as he tried gasping for breath. Ryan had found out that she wasn't in the cabin thinking that she got kidnapped. Astella noticed that Malcom was at the verge of collapse, intoxicated by the wolf's bane.

She swiftly went to his side to aid him. The guards were confused as to why she was helping Malcolm for their initial thought of him being the one who abducted her from the cabin.

Astella, gazing upon a Malcolm who was still weary tore off a piece of her gown to use as a cloth preventing the gas...