Deadly Flower Vine

By the time Declan finished talking, the other bodyguards had already reached the pavilion and captured the injured snake.

One of them, clearly experienced, took one look at its belly and sighed.

"It was bitten by another venomous snake," he said. "The wound is rotting, this thing won't make it."

Declan spotted the pattern on its scales and immediately felt his skin crawl. Without thinking, he duc