If he hadn't regained consciousness in time, her blade would've been embedded in his heart.
Qhah-el shut his eyes tight, not wanting to remember what happened next, but it unraveled in his mind anyway.
Since he was barely conscious that time and his body was sluggish, he wasn't able to fully evade her strike.
He moved just enough to keep his life, so as she pressed the dagger deeper into his flesh, he reached for her neck and strangled her.
He was truly mad and disappointed at what she had done, but when she was about to lose her breath, he released her and knocked her out instead.
There's a part of him that didn't want to see her die, much less get hurt, so in the end, when the men he called through Bruno came, he covered for her, claiming they were attacked by assassins.
