FORTY-FIVE

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"The darkness declares the glory of light."

P R E S L E Y

Healer. I've heard many plead that name at my feet several times. Each time, I took their hand and led them to a temple of light.

"I can walk!"

"I don't have anymore pain."

"My cough went away."

"There's no more pain in my legs."

I had celebrated many victories with my patients. This was the golden side of being a healer.

The girl I saw in front of me was a terrible tragedy—the rotting side. She was something I couldn't make better.

I would never hear her voice, or see her smile. There was no pulse I could revive. None. All I felt was a cold girl, no longer a girl—but a corpse.

This wasn't the girl they called Grace. Grace was gone, dancing on clouds.

Nathan would have to understand that I would not meddle with the lifeless.

"Watch over your friend, the one with dark hair. He needs you," I whispered to her, wherever she might've been.

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