This can't be happening. I won't let it.

I bust through the doors of medical and rest Marinah on one of the beds. I don't see Axel, so I administer the antidote myself jabbing the needle into her arm. "Come on, Marinah, fight!"

"It won't help, King," Axel says from over my shoulder. One look in his eyes and I want to take off his head. He doesn't know what he's saying.

"It must," I shout in frustration. I take Marinah's hand and bring it to my cheek. "She's my ...