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

comfortable enough

sadness wormed its way inside of

needed to get to her and find out what was going

in the hallway outside the dining room,

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

bedroom.

did this

fine until about an

We thought at first she was just

to her chest. She had a cold compress on her forehead,

away from the bed, speaking

the back of

was weak. A tear slipped out from one closed eyeild

honey. Mommy’s here now. It’s going to

seemed soothed by my presence, enough

that compress and watching Elva. Confident she would alert

hushed words to each other and looked at

The other had

I asked. “What’s her

doctors glanced at each other, then back at

no treatment plan,” the

must have

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