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Chapter 8

Author: Eternal Pulse
All the color drained from Jennifer's face.

"One more thing," Scott said, his voice turning colder by the second. "Dr. Sarratt."

The royal physician, who had been standing by, bowed. "Yes, General Holden?"

"When you examined Ms. Cross before, you confirmed it was the Widow's Curse?"

Arthur Sarratt broke into a cold sweat.

"At the time, the symptoms Ms. Cross described, along with her pulse, which was rapid, unstable, and irregular, did resemble the records of the Widow's Curse by about 70%.
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