Scientists say the sense of smell triggers the strongest memory response in humans. No matter how hard hospitals tried, the acrid odor of frail bodies mingling with the sickening sweetness of antiseptic jumped Drayco back two decades to another such place. In another difficult time. Maybe the eighteenth-century practice of dousing oneself in cologne to cover up such aromas wasn’t a bad idea—they could hand it out at the hospital entrance.
Lucy Harston’s eyes widened upon seeing Drayco. But she didn’t protest his presence as he half-expected. Probably due to the fact those wide eyes were mostly focused on Virginia’s somber face and not anywhere else.
He followed Reece and the Harstons as they made their way to Beth Sterling’s room, where the nurse urged them to make their visit brief. Bet
