The Warden collapsed the moment they reached the next village's outskirts, sliding off her horse before anyone could catch her, hitting the dirt road hard enough that Shen Yue was kneeling beside her within seconds.
"She's not breathing right," Shen Yue said, checking her pulse fast. "Shallow. Fading."
"Is this it," Wei Liang asked, dismounting quickly.
"I don't know," Shen Yue admitted, working fast regardless. "Whatever's sustaining her is failing faster than even I expected."
The Warden's eyes fluttered open weakly, focusing on Wei Liang with obvious effort. "Bao Chen," she managed, voice barely a whisper. "He's accelerating. Moving to multiple locations at once now instead of one at a time."
"How do you know that," Liu Che asked, kneeling nearby.
"Because that's exactly what I wo
