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.

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

comfortable enough to enjoy

its way inside of me, but

was sick. I needed to get to her

hallway outside the

are in with her now,” the maid said. She kept pace with me as we rushed back

bedroom.

did this

as me. “She seemed fine until

at first

up to her chest. She had a cold compress on her forehead, held in place by my quieter, second

a few feet away from the

I touched the back of my fingers

was weak. A tear slipped out from one closed

now. It’s going to

soothed by my presence,

who was diligent in holding that compress and watching Elva. Confident she would alert me if something else occurred, I stepped back

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

other had

Elva have a fever?” I asked. “What’s her new

glanced at each other, then

plan,”

have misheard.

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