The Hands of Light and Shadow
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Last published Mon, Oct 27, 2025
My chest tightened. I had never lost a patient this young. Not like this. Not tonight. I heard my old mentor's warnings echo in my mind: Some wounds are meant to end. Life has limits. Accept them, or you risk damnation.
But I could not.
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