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 relaxed

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

enough to

of sadness wormed its way inside of me, but I

to get to

hallway

royal doctors are in with her now,” the maid said. She kept pace with me as we

bedroom.

did this happen?” I

as confused as me. “She seemed fine until about an

thought at first she was just

Elva was in the bed, the blankets pulled up to her chest. She had a cold compress on her forehead, held in place

presumably, stood a few feet away from the bed, speaking softly with

I touched the back of my fingers to her cheek.

from

honey. Mommy’s here now. It’s

seemed soothed by my presence, enough to fall

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

they stopped their hushed words to each other and

expression. The other had

a fever?” I asked. “What’s her

glanced at each other, then back

is no treatment plan,” the

must have

a

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