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The world outside erupted. The whistle became a deafening shriek, a roar that obliterated all other sound. The infirmary building groaned, a tortured sound of [more…]

The storm siren’s wail cut through the infirmary like a knife. Hail, hard as pebbles, began rattling against the windows, growing louder with each passing [more…]

The thump and George’s angry shout spurred me forward. I burst through the infirmary door, Hester close behind. George and Eli Finch were indeed in [more…]

Silas’s threat to revoke the infirmary’s charter hung heavy in the air, a poisonous cloud. I stood on the infirmary steps, watching the western sky, [more…]

I returned from the barn, Caleb’s list of forgeries tucked into my pocket alongside Jedidiah Ross’s surgical ledger. The deputy was due any minute. Time [more…]

I stumbled back to the infirmary, my mind racing. Sundown. That was barely a few hours away. Thomas would be gone. The evidence in my [more…]

The atmosphere in the infirmary was suffocating. George and Eli maintained their vigil, eating loudly at odd hours and keeping Thomas locked in his room. [more…]

Armed with what I thought was irrefutable evidence, I returned to the infirmary, the surgical ledger clutched tight. But the scene that greeted me stopped [more…]

The presence of George and Eli Finch turned my infirmary into a contentious boarding house. Their loud conversations about Thomas’s “estate” and “rights” bounced off [more…]

The brothers’ arrival had shattered the fragile peace of the infirmary. Thomas retreated further into himself, his eyes wide and unfocused whenever George and Eli [more…]