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.

which was vast but filled with the sterile scent of

gaunt, barely showing

touching his wrist with concentration. After a moment, she let go and looked up at Paulina, “Ms. Smith, did your husband travel

nodded, somewhat taken aback, “Yes, we were in

It’s typically not contagious and spreads through consuming undercooked meat, prevalent only in tropical

“Anos Syndrome?”

There are

hospitals detect it?”

is quite cunning. Once it infests a human, it blends into the flesh, making it hard to

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someone in this world had managed to

you’re skeptical, I can prove it to you,” Anthea lifted the

mouthful of blood, and then

gasped in shock, “Tammie!”

Ms. Smith,” Anthea said calmly.

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