She Rose from the Ashes
"Silas, do you even remember how I got this illness in the first place?"
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Ten years ago, there was an explosion in his lab, and I inhaled the toxic chemical fumes from running into the fire and dragging him out.
The diagnosis read: acute chemical lung injury, irreversible fibrosis in the later stage.
He had knelt by my bed and sworn, "Chloe, I'll find a way to cure you."
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He was about to speak when his phone rang—a call from Wynter.
"Prof. Stenson, the lights in the lab went out. I'm a little scared… could you come over?" Her voice was soft, almost tearful.