#Chapter 128 She’s Not Dead

Joseph’s POV

“Oh, my goddess!” Anna cried as we ran through the doors of the infirmary. “Is she—”

“No!” I barked at her as I placed Tessa’s body on the bed. “She’s not dead.”

Dr. Cornelia ran toward the bed with his equipment. Tessa remained unmoving; she was barely breathing. She stopped breathing when we were in the hideout, but she started to breathe lightly again once we returned to the village. I could still hear her heartbeat faintly, so she was alive.

“I’m going to need time to work on her. I need everyone to get out,” Dr. Cornelia ordered us.

“I’m not going anywhere,” I hissed.

“I need to focus on saving her life and I can’t do that when you are here, Elder,” he said, glaring at me.

When I refused to move, I felt Anna’s hand on my arm.

“Joseph—”

When I ripped my arm away from her touch, her words fell short.

“Eldest!” Dr. Cornelia shouted, looking at Bernard who was already on his way to me.

I knew there was no use fighting Bernard. He grabbed my arm and held me in his grasp;