Elaine immediately cut away the bandage covering Jace's arm before shining a flashlight directly onto the wound.
The bite mark itself had already closed, but the skin surrounding it had turned grayish while countless thin black lines spread underneath like blood vessels.
She gently pressed around the wound and Jace immediately frowned. He didn't feel anything until she moved to another place until he flinched.
Elaine nodded and continued examining his fingers one by one before checking the pupil response, pulse and body temperature.
"The numbness is ascending from the wound instead of spreading randomly, which means whatever infected him is following the nerve pathway instead of the bloodstream."
She gently pressed Jace's fingernails until they turned white before releasing them. "Capillary refill is delayed, but circulation is still present. The tissue isn't necrotic and there isn't any bacterial smell."
