The Silent 245

Chapter 245

int to die. I don't wa

to die

"Doctor, please please save u

"My son where's my son?"

"Let us out please! We

! We're not even ud

"He's infected" He's infected-run'

Even before the carriage reached the gates, Eliza could already hear the voices pouring from within the stone-and-timber barricades of the quarantine zone- voices choked with fear, panic, grief, and despair.

Some wailed Some begged. Some shouted accusations. Others simply crouched in corners, too quiet, too still-their bodies pale, their skin sallow, their eyes vacant, as if they had already accepted death.

This one holds a little over two hundred infected." Nolan said quietly, his horse riding alongside Eliza's carriage. "It's actually the smallest outbreak among all the counties in Noganlul"

Because the number of patients was relatively small, only a linle over a hundred masked guards were stationed here, aided by a few county officials-just enough to maintain control

"Don't step out yet, Nolan instructed "Wait until I call for you."

Eliza nodded. "Alright"

She had promised to follow his lead, and she did just that.

briefly with the head guard, and whatever he said made the guards eyes light up with excitement. They stretched their necks, peering behind Nolan

soldiers were patting their chests

later. Eliza heard

Instead, she wore the flower crown Mary had woven for her-its petals crafted from silk thread. delicate and lifelike-and stepped gracefully down from

of the masked guards gasped

her head

the spiritual water from her pocket farm, and the moment she stepped d

doing their work. The

when he saw she wasn't wearing a mask, but Eliza

protest

the soldiers and offered

alright," she said. "The

soon

her hand on the barricade

diapor 215

Pledde

as the gate opened, they surged forward and quickly Had a spare for her

zone.

bessing ritual today was

taking effect. But the patients, not yet aware, were still

ridicine it was calm

the greatness of the Lord her clear, ethereal voice began

in God my Savior,

delicate

flower crown, glistening

leaving the had sprinkled it with spiritual

it carried, but what he did

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