From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

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Willard ushered Anthea through the streets towards his niece’s place.

Willard’s niece was no average Jane. She lived in a mansion nestled within an affluent suburb where help was in no short supply.

“Uncle Willard, you’re here.” Paulina greeted, her beauty evident despite the pronounced dark circles under her eyes, hinting at her age around the late twenties.

Willard introduced them, “Paulina, this is Anthea Yeager, the doctor I mentioned. This is my niece, Paulina Smith.”

Paulina widened her eyes in surprise as she noticed Anthea standing beside the owner of Willard.

Could such a young girl really cure the illness?

Anthea stepped forward with a friendly smile, “Hello, just Anthea is fine.”

“Please, take a seat, Anthea,” Paulina said, signaling to a servant to get some coffee.

Anthea took a sip of her coffee and then said, “Shall we go see the patient?”

Paulina hesitated but finally agreed. She couldn’t disappoint Willard after all.

with the sterile scent of disinfectant. not the

bed was gaunt,

concentration. After a moment, she let go and looked up at Paulina, “Ms. Smith, did your husband travel to any tropical regions

taken aback, “Yes, we were

sense. Your husband has a rare condition called Anos Syndrome. It’s typically not contagious

“Anos Syndrome?”

a parasitic infection. There are fewer than three

detect it?” Paulina pressed.

a human, it blends into the flesh, making it hard to detect with

Anthea’s original

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what baffled Anthea was how someone in this

the covers and pressed on several

up, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and then passed

gasped in

the floor, Ms.

transparent worm–like creatures wriggling in