The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 21

After receiving Susie’s news, I needed a moment to catch my breath. I didn’t understand. The royal

doctor had already examined Elva, as recently as the day before. How could she have a fever again?

Wouldn’t the doctor have detected any anomalies before they fully formed?

Those questions would have to wait. For now, all I knew was my daughter was sick and I had to get to

I

I

gett

her.

I pushed away my soup bowl, and apologized to those around me. “I’m sorry. There’s an emergency. I

have to go.

Susie squeezed my arm, then returned to her chair.

As I hurried toward the exit, I glanced back at the table.

A bold girl had already slid herself into my abandoned seat. She must have said a joke, because the

people around her laughed. Even Nicholas looked at her and gave a relaxed smile.

in my chest. He’d been so tense when I had been sitting

felt comfortable enough to enjoy

of sadness wormed its way inside of

needed to get to

my maids was in the hallway outside the dining room, waiting for

her now,” the maid said. She kept pace with me as

bedroom.

this happen?”

as confused as me. “She seemed fine until about an hour ago. The fever

at first she was just

bed, the blankets pulled up to her chest. She had a cold compress

feet away from the

touched the back

tear slipped out from

honey. Mommy’s here now. It’s going

soothed by my presence, enough

that compress and watching Elva. Confident she would alert me if

toward them, they stopped their hushed words to each other and looked at me. One

expression. The other had a

have a fever?” I asked.

at each other, then back

no treatment plan,” the blank

must have

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