The Name of the Rose
His slender hand pressed on the yellowed pages of a book, but the thin calluses on his fingers were reminiscent of the sharpness when gripping a knife.
The man's still eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she immediately closed her eyes.
A moment later, someone tucked the quilt tighter around her. After another long while of silence, something suddenly touched her lips, brushing past as if a finger verifying texture, then vanishing in an instant.
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The medicine was indeed very effective. After removing the bandages, pale red scars covered her body, but the pain was gone, and the wounds had healed faster than imagined.