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.

filled with the sterile

the bed was gaunt, barely showing

sat by the bed, touching his wrist with concentration. After a moment, she let go and looked up at Paulina, “Ms. Smith,

“Yes, we were in Bolivia.”

husband has a rare condition called Anos Syndrome. It’s typically not contagious and spreads through consuming undercooked meat, prevalent only in tropical areas.

“Anos Syndrome?”

parasitic infection. There are fewer

the hospitals detect it?”

infests a human, it blends

original world.

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baffled Anthea was how someone in this world

can prove it to you,” Anthea lifted the covers and pressed on several points on

up a mouthful of blood, and

gasped in shock,

Ms.

transparent worm–like creatures wriggling in the pool of blood.