Clarissa Felmon, Frank Pyton's secretary, places her hands on Philip's back wound.
A faint yellow glow spreads from her palms, and the boy grits his teeth in pain.
She's using Healing Magic, a spell that can heal even very serious wounds. The most skilled healers can even reconstruct missing body parts.
Philip lies face down on a cot in the infirmary of Frank's villa. Joe lies beside him, in the same position.
This is already Philip's third healing session, yet the wound from Levreeshka's lash is still far from healed. Joe's, on the other hand, is almost completely healed, as it was less severe thanks to his thick skin.
Isabelle and Frank are there with them.
"You should consider yourselves lucky to still be alive — I even warned you about her," Isabelle grumbles.
"Yeah, and you said she wasn't a problem. Yet she knocked out two of my best men in one blow!" Frank snaps, irritated but trying to stay calm.
