"What happened to her?" Beam shouted the moment she saw Princess slumped on the floor.
I was frozen. I didn't even have time to catch her the moment she collapsed; she had just gone down like a puppet with its strings cut. I stood there, staring at her pale face, my heart hammering against my ribs so hard I thought it might crack them.
"I don't know… I... I bit her and she collapsed," I stuttered. My hands were shaking, and I felt like the world was spinning.
Immediately, Beam dropped to her knees. She checked for a pulse and listened for a heartbeat, her face tight with a kind of focus that terrified me.
"Her heartbeat is a little slow," Beam muttered, her jaw set.
Without wasting another second, Beam shifted her weight and hauled Princess onto her back. She didn't wait for an explanation or for me to help. She just moved.
