The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 21

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

laughed. Even Nicholas looked at her and gave a

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

felt comfortable enough to

its way inside

I needed to get to her and find out what was going

the hallway

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

bedroom.

this

as me. “She seemed fine until about an hour ago. The fever

at first

rushed in my room. Elva was in the bed, the blankets pulled up to her chest. She had a

feet away from the bed, speaking softly

her side. I touched the back of my fingers

weak. A tear slipped out from

honey. Mommy’s here now. It’s going

my presence, enough

that compress and watching Elva. Confident she would alert me if something else occurred, I stepped back from

their hushed words to each other

other had a

Elva have a fever?” I asked. “What’s her new

glanced at each other, then back at

plan,” the blank one

have misheard.

a

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