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Chapter 208: Alexander's First Patient

Author: Eleanor Vance
last update publish date: 2026-07-12 22:28:36

Alexander calls on a Tuesday evening.

His voice is different. It's excited but also nervous. It's the voice of someone who's about to step fully into their identity as a healer. It's the voice of someone who's about to do the work that they've been preparing for their entire life.

"I saw my first patient today," he tells me.

"How was it?" I ask.

"Overwhelming," he says. "Beautiful and overwhelming and terrifying all at once."

I put him on speaker so Dominic can hear.

"Tell us about it," Dominic
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