Nocticadia

Author: Keri Lake Listening Length: 18h 36m

Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living. After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the ol...

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W hat had started out as an inquiry into how much of a pain in the ass my new student was going to be had left me intrigued.

A cursory search proved Lilia to be both smart and athletic, seen in a school announcement for Covington High that listed her as Valedictorian for her class and an All-State Champ for track and field. I was curious to know more, though.

I hadn’t yet bothered to read the paper she’d written on the fictional parasite that’d apparently landed her a spot in my class, but in an effort to learn more about the girl, I’d had Lippincott’s secretary send me her file.

I casually scanned over her case study, and as I read the progression of symptoms, I sat forward in my chair, frowning at what I read.

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