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.

gates, Nolan presented his token, spoke briefly with the head guard, and whatever he said made the guards eyes light up with excitement. They

soldiers were patting their chests earnestly, nodding and giving what looked

Eliza heard

Instead, she wore the flower crown Mary had woven for her-its petals

guards gasped

shook her

water from her pocket farm, and the moment she stepped d she could feel its subtle presence floating in the air

work. The

he saw she wasn't wearing a mask, but

protest

soldiers and

she said. "The sickness will pass

soon

to their astonishment, she placed her hand on the barricade

diapor 215

Pledde

As soon as the gate opened, they

zone.

ritual today was simple

the patients, not yet aware, were

just ridicine it was calm Comfort

prodaims the greatness of the Lord her clear, ethereal

the plague-ridden compound, My spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

delicate gold embroidery curling along the edges.

flower crown,

the had sprinkled it with spiritual

couldn't see the energy it carried, but what he did

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