The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts novel Chapter 129

Given the precarious situation in Stormclaw Alliance and the fact that the reagents still required Analise's blood, Analise insisted Gideon draw two pints of blood from her that night. Gideon had originally planned to draw just 0.8 pints, but she said she had a way to recover from it.

"Go ahead. I'll be fine. I can make up for it," she said.

But Gideon and Finlay were scared out of their wits.

"No way. The most is a pint," Gideon said firmly, refusing to comply.

"Even 0.8 pints feels like too much," Finlay remarked, visibly upset. His eyes were filled with worry as he continued, "Ana, your health always comes first."

"Don't worry. Remember that thing I gave you the other day? Didn't you notice your body feels different now?" she replied, winking at him.

"But even so, suddenly drawing two pints of blood is really dangerous…" Finlay faltered.

"Let's do one pint. If we need more later, we'll tell you. At least this gives you time to recover. That amount is already enough to make a few thousand doses," Gideon chimed in, opting for the most conservative approach.

"1.7 pints, and that's final," Analise said, suddenly pulling out a glass of water from somewhere and brandishing it at them. "I have this, so don't worry."

While Gideon drew blood from her, she sipped the water slowly. Only after he completed the procedure did she down the rest of the glass in one go. Then, she produced another one and drank that, too.

To their surprise, the pallor from the blood loss began to fade from her face. A healthy flush returned almost immediately.

By the time they finished preparing 1,000 doses of reagent the next day, Finlay received a call from Scott asking how things were going on their end.

"How's Gideon's research coming along?

"By the way, the potion Ana gave me seems to have triggered some new ability. I can now control water and fire. For now, I've managed to temporarily subdue the mad therians, but I'm not sure how long I can keep it up," Scott said, pointing the interface toward the therians trapped inside floating water spheres.

"You have an ExoAbility, too?" Analise was surprised.