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't the worst hell you would h

om, holding my breath so I wouldn't throw up with a face mask hanging

ation on my scrubs and let out a s

d in again. My hands methodically lathered with

nd precision and I was needing with the routine. I put on my

ant chatter everywhere. It was a wonde

work. After my father's letter, I wa

he patient who vomit

e. She couldn't stomach anything solid but her daughter-in-law had brought her

t. It would give me the time to use my gifts for goo

ng her to stay in bed. "It is just

told me how grateful she

ook a lot from me and I couldn't heal everyone cause some of the patients in the ward were vile people. So I to

ly a dance between medications, check-ups, and the reassura

ing to wounds, offering solace, and monito

ng for lunch?"

to call my kids." I replied, s

n. I had grown tired of the dry cold air

ket, I dialled the babysitter's

to abort them even though I wasn't in the right space at the time. When they came into the world, I had considered giving them f

of my father and I named the gi

ighbour and part-time babysitter ans

teful sigh. "I hope everything is

can be when they want," Megan assured me. "We just ended playtime with the

one. She had been a godsend throughout this challenging journey of par

oday because I am on the night shift. I was wo

, you can c

apped me on the shoulder. I took the phone

their forehead. Then I saw their face and

dina once but I could never forget him. I jus

u," he said. "I was just tol

nose. It was the only thing protecting my ide

me was sort of overjoyed that Neil was alive. He was the first person I had trie

ry, who

he told me and my heart dro

him immediately pushing past hi

n't you?" He asked, stop

ng. It made me suspicious and proved him right. Knowing, I couldn't hide

laced with threats. "When that happens, it is either because of an excommunication or they a

k do you want

colder than I remembered them to be. The accident must have had something to do with that. "We hav

ff and the patients were asleep. When I took on jobs outside, aside from the payment, they were bound to secrecy. Of course, I knew better than to trust so

r. He even claims he was touched by an angel. That was the first thing that interested me in

it you didn't bel

ahead of him. The kind that would gather the sympathy of someone with empathy and fucked him really good. Internal bleeding, a swolle

t made my stomach twist and churn. I remembered a life I had to scrub out of my memo

I was running. I needed to be calm. But my mind was in shambles. Despit

much. Which means she must reside here." Neil continued, striking horror into the depths of my soul. "Her client

t my name tag. The fake name and the nose mask

gaf tone I could muster, told him, "I w

ed. "Well, I should

eem to be joking. He started to walk away. Some semblance of peace f

rewolf, tell her that Dimitri Galdina,

ou think they wou

mouth shut. But I just wanted t

ek the elusive healer out and ask for her presence. They wanted a more direct and

d me one thing and one thi

f, I'll deliver your message,

arted to panic and scroll through my phone for Megan's ph

nd I put the phone to my ear

Miss Gal

is Megan? She

etorted. "Bound and gagg

y chil

I am certain that would give yo

I couldn't return to that world. I wouldn't

my ears was the white noise from the

her?" The man's voice br

to Megan. I want

o my request. But seconds later,

ly scared to death. The poor girl. I h

you alrigh

know how they broke in. They took the

ying when he said his 'brothers' were not so keen about his seeking me out. The sole reason Neil had been here was to sc

e people? Do

ach Neil. "Everything will be fine. N

cut the

ain nurse Cameryn. Did yo

oking for a hea

gdom ne

t him and the circumstances surrounding that first meet

yn." He stretch

ysitter." I retorted, crossing my h

e too. But fulfilling your wish in that aspect would be rather difficult. The little cubs

I have a choice. In fact

oward me. "If it makes you feel any better, it is how

er. I was getting pulled back into