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

past, partially because we caught

because of the continued treatments and care we’ve taken over the

fever itself is already

she is okay?”

only needs rest. We will

will check back first

you, doctor,” I

nodded. “She’s a brave little girl, and a

assurance. Then Mark

as she slept. The doctor had spoken true,

Her sweating was minimal, and

and not

palace had been doing wonders for her illness. The high end medical

of course, was that this was all only temporary As

as we left, Elva’s health would likely decline again.

+15 BONUS

and a half away, that unpleasant reality was creeping

rather than later.

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