Climax 51...

Elizabeth came rushing towards Lee and gasped in horror looking at his right arm. She then immediately opened his shirt's collar removing the bow tie and saw blue colored patches on his neck. "This! How did this happen?"

Suddenly a lion pounced on them and Xio Lee quickly pushed Elizabeth away with his left hand, scaring the lion with his fire torch. Stefen and James too came rushing towards Lee and gasped in shock looking at the venom travelling in his arm.

"But... How can this be? We never came in contact with the venom?" Stef asked in surprise, his throat choking in sadness.

"I thought the snake had only ripped my fabric and not my skin. It must have given me a slight cut and the venom must have mixed with my blood which I did not realise earlier." Xio Lee spoke taking deep breaths, once again feeling suffocated and out of breath.