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

her laughed. Even Nicholas looked at her and gave

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

comfortable enough

sadness wormed its way inside

to get to her and

of my maids was in the hallway outside the dining

the maid said. She kept pace with me as we

bedroom.

did this

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

first she

chest. She had a cold compress on her forehead, held in place by my quieter,

away from the

gasped and hurried to her side. I touched the back of my fingers to

weak. A tear slipped out from one closed eyeild and talled down

okay, honey. Mommy’s here now. It’s going

by my presence,

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

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

The other had

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

doctors glanced at each other, then

treatment plan,” the blank

must have misheard. “Excuse

a

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