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The Empress
#WritcoStoryPrompt12
The old woman was near death. I could hear her try to draw in painful gasps of breath. I felt helpless as a doctor in this remote part of the world. Was there nothing I could do?
Fifteen years of specialising in human health had brought me to this moment and I was helpless. The empress lay before me, a well respected woman who had been nothing but kind throughout her life. Footsteps shuffled back...
The old woman was near death. I could hear her try to draw in painful gasps of breath. I felt helpless as a doctor in this remote part of the world. Was there nothing I could do?
Fifteen years of specialising in human health had brought me to this moment and I was helpless. The empress lay before me, a well respected woman who had been nothing but kind throughout her life. Footsteps shuffled back...
