My jaw ached from clenching my jaw so hard as I looked over the patients. Despite the ointments and tonics, none of them seemed any better. None of them had woken up overnight, which I had been hoping to see when I had arrived. After all, waking up would prove it was helping, at least a little.
At least, no one else had died. I could console myself with that, but it was a weak consolation. I was failing as much as the Ashfather’s healer had. And I knew I had better skills than him.
“How are they today?” The Ashfather’s voice sounded behind me.
I stood up after examining the last patient and looked back at him before peeling off the gloves I was wearing and moving over the garbage I had set up for that exact purpose. The healer might have been taught by his mother, but he had a terribl
