I Sold the Cursed Duke One Hundred Nights, and He Never Counted Them novel · Chapter 15 of 24
Chapter 15: The Physician
"Have not told me what?"
The physician folded the bloody linen into a square and put it in his bag, and still he did not meet her eyes.
"I've served the House of Drevoss for thirty-seven years," he said. "I attended the late duke's brother. I know what the curse looks like. I know what it does to a man's skin and his eyes and his pulse."
"I know what it looks like, too."
"You saw it on the first night." He nodded slowly. "His Grace told me. He sent for me at dawn on the first day, and he stood by that window with his shirt open and said: look at this, and tell me I'm not mad."
Odalys's mouth had gone dry.
"There was nothing to see," said the physician. "I've looked at his chest every morning since. Seven weeks."
She laughed.
It was a short, ugly sound, and the old man flinched.
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