At the clinic gate, a 7-year-old collapsed, crying, “Mommy has been sleeping for three days, please save them.” The doctor rushed to help the newborn twins, but as he lifted them, his hands shook. Underneath the babies was a handwritten note from the mother that made the doctor freeze in terror…

I was going to fail them right at the finish line.

Chapter 3: The Sanctuary of White

I dragged myself up. I don’t know how, and science could never explain it, but the human spirit possesses a reserve tank fueled entirely by terror. I leaned my entire negligible weight against the wooden handles, using the wheelbarrow not just as a transport, but as continue reading …