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

looked at her and gave a relaxed

been so tense when I had been sitting there.

enough to enjoy

its way inside of me, but I pushed it

I needed to get to her and find out

hallway outside the dining room, waiting

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

bedroom.

this happen?” I

seemed fine until about an hour

at first she was

in the bed, the blankets pulled up to her chest. She had a cold compress on

few feet away from the bed,

touched the back of

from one closed eyeild and

now. It’s

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

other

does Elva have a fever?” I asked.

doctors glanced at each other, then

is no treatment plan,” the blank one

have misheard. “Excuse

a

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