Chapter Twenty-Five
Infected
“No! No, no, no!” Lucien held up his hands, as if his denial would change Iain’s mind. But he knew the man wouldn’t make such a declaration if he didn’t believe it was true. He confronted the physician. “How? How could she have been infected?”
Iain shook his head. “The virus has approximately a twenty-four hour incubation period. Which means that at some point at around this same time yesterday, she came in contact with a contaminated person.”
“Who?” demanded, his voice breaking. “At this time yesterday, we were fighting the Bloods. She stayed on her horse the whole time. She never fought one-on-one against anyone. ?” He took her by the arm and turned her around to face him. “Did you touch anyone last night?”
“No.” She shook her head. “I didn’t touch anyo
