CHAPTER 24
DAY TWO STARTED much like day one, except I had fourteen samples to test and only eleven of them turned blue to indicate the presence of Azrael. Being able to send three people home with mild stomach flu made me extraordinarily happy—I had to take the small wins under the circumstances.
In the hospital next door, the new tented wards were filling up, as was the morgue, with another seven deaths overnight.
Flavia walked in carrying another vial of blood as I was washing my work table down with bleach solution.
“Are you able to test this one too?”
So much for getting out of my suit. “Of course.” She didn’t leave, and the silence grew uncomfortable. “How are things in there?”
Her shoulders slumped. “Worse. Three more are developing the blisters.”
“Is there any word on the sm
