Chapter 0021

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

around her laughed. Even Nicholas looked at her and

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

enough to

sadness wormed its way

to get to her

maids was in the hallway outside the dining room, waiting for

now,” the maid said.

bedroom.

this happen?” I

as me. “She seemed fine until

at first she was

blankets pulled up to her chest. She had a cold compress on

few feet away from

touched the back

was weak. A tear slipped out from one closed eyeild and

now. It’s going

seemed soothed by my

compress and watching Elva. Confident she would

I came toward them, they stopped their hushed words to each other and looked at

expression. The other had a pitying

fever?” I asked. “What’s her

each other, then back

plan,”

have misheard.

a

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