The novel behind The Rainbound City

What the Rain Cannot Hold

• Romance
• Fantasy
• Drama

Su keeps an old apothecary in rain-soaked Seattle, where she treats the neighbourhood's aches and keeps a secret beneath her sleeve: she is a white snake living as a woman. When Evan Xu, a tired Harborview charge nurse, keeps finding his way to her counter, she must decide how much of herself anyone can be allowed to see. The legend of the White Snake, retold in the present day.

50 chaptersChapters 1 to 10 are free.

by LUCOB

Chapters

1. 1A Limited RemedyFree
2. 2What the Chart MissedFree
3. 3Terms of CareFree
4. 4Borrowed WeatherFree
5. 5The Exit CaseFree
6. 6The Person in the ChairFree
7. 7Until DuanwuFree
8. 8ContraindicationsFree
9. 9The Sound on PaperFree
10. 10Unaccounted TimeFree
11. 11Borrowed WarmthLocked
12. 12The Next QuestionLocked
13. 13Names on the BackLocked
14. 14A Persistent TraitLocked
15. 15A Usable HistoryLocked
16. 16The Body in QuestionLocked
17. 17Terms for TomorrowLocked
18. 18At Her TemperatureLocked
19. 19A Different QuestionLocked
20. 20Before WitnessesLocked
21. 21The Second BinderLocked
22. 22The Measure of a RiverLocked
23. 23The Kept SampleLocked
24. 24The Safe RadiusLocked
25. 25The Body UnhiddenLocked
26. 26The Breath BetweenLocked
27. 27Every ExitLocked
28. 28The Single CrownLocked
29. 29The Returned BreathLocked
30. 30One HandLocked
31. 31The Other RoomLocked
32. 32Two FindingsLocked
33. 33The Lives in the TinLocked
34. 34The Damage BelowLocked
35. 35A Smaller HeatLocked
36. 36Room EnoughLocked
37. 37Before the Next DoseLocked
38. 38Questions from the FloorLocked
39. 39The Open DoorLocked
40. 40The Answer GivenLocked
41. 41The Count BetweenLocked
42. 42The Backup LightLocked
43. 43The Curb LineLocked
44. 44The Whole SentenceLocked
45. 45The Moving RingLocked
46. 46The Lower BasinsLocked
47. 47Beside HerLocked
48. 48A Room for FebruaryLocked
49. 49The First Separate BreathLocked
50. 50The Name She KeptLocked