“Father!” Stella called out as Robert was carried through the portal. “What are his injuries?” she asked the soldiers carrying him.
“Ma’am it was thought he had sustained an injury from a fall, but we now know he has also been bitten. Those creatures attacked his horse, and he was thrown. The bite was a small one on his leg, so it wasn’t found earlier.”
Stella stood back looking at her father. “Inside, let them know in the waiting room it’s a bite.”
The soldiers bowed their heads and carried Robert inside.
Stella heard her mother scream from outside and ran in to comfort her.
“Stella, your father has been bitten. I need you and your sisters to donate your blood for a serum. I will as well.” Stella nodded, “Of course mother.”
Stella ran outside to get her two younger sisters. “We
