Nocticadia

Nocticadia

Author: Keri Lake Listening Length: 18h 36m
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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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CHAPTER 22

“A h! Damn it!” Barletta held up his hand, shielding himself from the flashlight I shined through the bars at him. A silvery glow reflected from his eyes, giving him an unsettling appearance, one common in those infected with Noctisoma.

“Tapetum lucidum.”

“What?”

“It’s what makes certain animals appear to have glowing eyes.” I lowered the flashlight and took a seat in the chair just outside of his cell. “Humans, of course, don’t have this. But the organism is nocturnal and requires it.”