Chapter 32

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.

vast but filled with the sterile scent of disinfectant.

gaunt, barely

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

somewhat taken aback, “Yes,

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

“Anos Syndrome?”

“Simply put, it’s a parasitic infection. There

couldn’t the hospitals detect it?” Paulina

Anos parasite is filamentous and transparent, which is quite cunning. Once it infests a human, it blends into the flesh, making it

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what baffled Anthea was how someone in this world had managed

you,” Anthea lifted the covers and pressed on several points

sat up, coughed up a mouthful

in

floor, Ms.

she saw several transparent worm–like creatures wriggling

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