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 had been sitting there. But now, in

felt comfortable enough to enjoy

of sadness wormed its way inside

I needed to get to her and find out

in the hallway outside the dining room,

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

bedroom.

did this happen?”

as confused as me. “She seemed fine until about

at first she was

in my room. Elva was in the bed, the blankets pulled up to her chest. She had a cold compress on her forehead,

feet away from the bed, speaking softly

gasped and hurried to her side. I touched the back

A tear slipped out from one closed eyeild and talled down her

now. It’s

by my presence, enough to fall

the second maid, who was diligent in holding that compress and watching Elva. Confident she would alert me if something else occurred, I stepped back from the bed to consult with the

words to each

expression. The other

I asked.

at each other, then back at

plan,”

must have

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