Lyanna sat beside Azrael's bed throughout the night, holding his cold hand. His condition was deteriorating with each passing second.
"There has to be something we can do." Lyanna said again when the healer came to check on him an hour later.
"Unless you have access to blood magic, there is nothing." A junior healer said. "That magic that requires significant sacrifice. But that knowledge has been lost for centuries. I'm sorry."
After healers left, Naomi appeared at the door.
"Your Majesty…You should rest. I can sit with him."
"I'm not leaving him."
Naomi entered and sat opposite her.
"The healer mentioned something about blood magic, right?" She asked.
"She said the knowledge was lost."
"Maybe not completely." Naomi said. "In the eastern territories, there are old vampires. Some even remember things from before written history. One of them, Elder Mara, lives near here. She might know something."
"Where does she live?" Lyanna asked immediately.
