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 gave

He’d been so tense when

felt comfortable enough

its way inside of me, but I

to get to her and find out

of my maids was in the hallway outside

the maid said. She kept pace

bedroom.

did this happen?”

seemed fine until about an

We thought at first she was

chest.

a few feet away from the bed, speaking softly with each

touched the back

A tear slipped out from

honey. Mommy’s here now. It’s

soothed by my presence,

the second maid, who was diligent in holding that compress and watching Elva. Confident she would alert me if something else occurred, I

stopped their hushed words to each other and looked at me. One

other had

does Elva have a fever?” I

doctors glanced at each other,

treatment plan,” the

must have

a

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