Austin looked up and saw Alexander before yelling, “Stay where you are!”
Austin looked pale, sweat covering his forehead as he stubbornly held his wrist against Dominic’s. Both parties’ wrists had slashes on them, and Austin was holding their wounds together tightly.
“That’s insane!” Alexander shouted.
He headed over, but Austin yelled, “Stay back!”
His voice was so loud and desperate that he was shaking.
Seeing him so agitated, Alexander stopped in his path.
“But if you do this…”
Austin caught his breath and said, “There’s no other way. There isn’t!”
Stunned, Alexander threw Dominic a look and was horrified by what he saw. Dominic had developed many large swellings. The swellings resembled small hills rising on a plain, making his formerly wrinkled skin taut.
Since Dominic was old and relatively thin, his skin was always wrinkly, but now it was stretched and shiny. His condition resembled Austin’s during his experience with the virus but differed slightly.
Austin was young and had muscles that would grow exponentially, but not Dominic. It seemed like someone had injected water under his skin, and he could burst if the swellings got any bigger.
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