#CHAPTER 86: Prenatal Care

MAEVE POV Yesterday’s phone call with Luna Queen Leonora stuck out in my mind like a sore thumb. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, no matter how much I tried. A different sort of lesson…? The thought was a little unnerving. Somehow, I got the sense we would not be afforded the same sort of privacy I was accustomed to. But I’d already had decent practice, if the two banquets I’d recently attended counted. I rubbed my hands over my shirt, both to wipe my clammy hands dry and to flatten any stubborn wrinkles. Maybe I was overthinking things, like usual. It won’t do me any good to worry about something like this, I tried to remind myself. It’s beyond my control. All I need to do is show up, so focus on something else. Instead, I let my restless eyes wander the room I found myself in. The examination chair I was currently seated in was quite uncomfortable—stiff and the sound of plastic shuffling scratched against my ears. My nose filled with the strong scent