The Luna Choosing Game

I quickly excuse myself from Joyce and his group and rush from the room, with Charlotte following me..

“The doctor should be in with her now,” Charlotte said. “Mark sent a guard to retrieve her just as I left to

find you.”

“Good,” I said. We did not speak again as we hurried through the hallways and up the stairs.

Finally, when we made it to the room, we found the doctor tending to Elva in bed while Mark watched

1. on. He greeted me when I came to stand near him.

“How long has she had a fever?” I asked. I hadn’t been gone all that long myself. She had seemed okay

before I left, but I had not thought to take her temperature.

“She only really started to feel bad in the past twenty minutes or so,” Mark said. “At first we thought she

had overexerted herself when playing, but after sitting for a while, she still didn’t feel better. When I

touched her forehead…” He lifted his hand and glared at it like it had betrayed him. “She was burning up.”

We watched on for a while, as the doctor examined and tended to Elva. When she finally stepped back,

motioned me over. I hurried to her. Elva was sleeping soundly in the bed.

is not as severe as those in the past, partially because we caught it so quickly, but

care we’ve taken over the past weeks,”

itself is already going down.”

she is okay?”

tomorrow. For now, she only needs rest. We will continue to monitor. Call

else I will check back first thing in

doctor,” I said.

girl, and

again for the added assurance. Then

she

as usual. Her sweating was minimal, and when

not hot.

been doing wonders for her illness. The high end medical

saving her life. The problem, of course, was that this was all only temporary

Elva’s health would

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only a day and a half away, that unpleasant reality was

rather than later.