“I think the aether treatment is having unintended side effects,” Claire told Chad.
She sat across from him in the mess hall, where she’d found him after she left the women’s hospital. She knew Lillian had told her something strange even though she pretended she hadn’t, and then Claire had seen…
She still couldn’t believe Lillian hadn’t heard the creature scream. Did that mean she’d imagined it?
She hid her shaking hands under the table after a few attempts to lift the stew to her mouth had failed, and she knew she’d be sending her borrowed dress to the laundry.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
Claire clasped her hands together. “Can we talk about this elsewhere? I’m not sure about any of it.”
“Of course. We can find something to eat later.”
They left. She continued to shiver, and he place
