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n hour before two maids arrived with a few worn, ye

hem, a maid named Maeve, dumped the items onto the

ld blade. "I specifically commanded the cleanest boiled lin

reroom has, my lady. The fires in the kitchen are occupied. If yo

ovide a single kettle of hot water for its rightful master? Or have you and the staff grown so comfort

. In a feudal stronghold, servants withholding supplies f

y lady! We will check the linen vaults again at once. We w

anxiously, "My lady, they are completely shameless. It feels as if

hem, he is already a corpse. They are simply waiting for him

ineage lingered stubbornly beneath his skin. It was the only reason his heart was still faintly beating-yet tha

bring supplies. The necrotic infection on hi

eeking of mildew, resting upon a thin layer of rot-infested straw

one containing the custom silver blades and surgical needles I forged before

, but I couldn't lift a fully grown man on my own. My eyes landed on a br

ragged the heavy lounge

ath. "Support his hips, and be extremely careful not t

th apprehension, Pe

, emaciated frame from the festering bed onto the fur-lined lounge. His jo

id bare. Beyond the horrific laceration across his torso, his lower back and hips were co

nd over her mouth, tears of

aster surgeon who had spent a lifetime in trauma u

very candle sconce in the room and pull back the window drapes. From t

ock the door, her terror giving wa

fted leather kit onto

on the exact specifications from my memories of the modern operating room: razor-sharp scalpels with angled blades, delicate forceps, curved suture needles, and fine li

sly over the silver instruments and needles,

poured through the casement, casting long sha

unconscious warrior resting upon the furs. Once a terrifying dragon who ruled

n over the blackened edges of his wound. "Your executioners believe your stor