Chapter 122

Avery

The corridor felt too narrow, the air too thick. I stood frozen in the doorway of the dormitory wing, watching Nora's retreating form disappear around the corner with the frantic energy of a hunted animal. The slam of her door echoed through the hall like a gunshot.

"That poor girl." The orderly who'd collided with her bent to retrieve the scattered bandages from the floor, shaking his hea