From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

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.

the bedroom, which was vast but filled with the sterile scent of disinfectant. not the

gaunt, barely showing

let go and looked up at

taken aback, “Yes, we were in

Syndrome. It’s typically not contagious and spreads

“Anos Syndrome?”

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

the hospitals detect

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

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baffled Anthea was how someone in this world had

prove it to you,” Anthea lifted the covers and pressed on several points on the man’s

sat up, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and then passed out again.

gasped in

floor, Ms. Smith,” Anthea said

she saw several transparent worm–like