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.

He’d been so tense when I

enough to

wormed its way inside of me, but

I needed to get to her and find out what was going

the hallway outside the

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

bedroom.

did this happen?” I

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

We thought at first

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

presumably, stood a few feet away from

and hurried to her side. I touched the back of

tear slipped out from

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

my presence, enough

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

words to each other and looked at me.

other had a

fever?” I asked.

doctors glanced at each other, then

no treatment plan,” the blank

have misheard.

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