The Plague Diaries by Ronlyn Domingue

Author:Ronlyn Domingue
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books

DIARY ENTRY 13 APRIL /38

Second day the animals can’t move. Yesterday, I watched as the effects set in. The sheep, goats, and hens staggered and tumbled. Birds scuffled along the ground and twirled from the sky like dead leaves. Insects fell over and couldn’t right themselves. Cyril dragged his back legs behind him. By the evening, the beasts were in hiding. They know what happens to those sick, lame, or injured. Their instincts serve to protect them.

Much of this morning, I worried they’d all die of thirst and hunger, but as I checked on Old Woman’s animals and the ones I found hiding, I saw they’re in a state like sleep. A temporary hibernation. All of them appear to dream sometimes, moving their paws, hooves, claws, and making noises. Their breathing and pulses are slower by a great degree. Birds usually vibrate in my hands, their little hearts beat so fast, but now the throbs remind me of a clock’s tick, tock, tick, tock.

Harmyn was with me as I walked, and I let her pet them. Sometimes she hummed, which seemed to soothe them. They responded with little twitches and even slower breaths. She surprised me, though, when she said they have shadows, too. She couldn’t see into them, as she had with Nikolas, but she could sense feelings from the shadows.

Fear and grief.

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