#Chapter 158: Exhaustion Creeping In

Cara’s POV I placed the back of my hand to Mia’s forehead and immediately felt her fever. Her hands were clammy. She seemed lethargic, like she couldn’t get up. When I asked her how she felt, she simply said, “Tired.” “I’m going to take you to the hospital,” I said, worry taking hold. “Please don’t,” she said, tears welling in her eyes. “I don’t want to go back there.” “But, Mia…” “I just need some rest. I swear I’m okay, Mom.” Brave as she was, she even tried to sit up. Her arms shook as she did so, and it absolutely broke my heart. “I won’t promise not to take you,” I said as I helped ease her back down. “But I will send for a Healer to come here to check you over first, okay? But if he says you need to go, you need to go – no if’s, and’s, or but’s. Mia pouted her bottom lip at me, a tactic that was sometimes effective and even now stirred something inside of me. Even so, I wasn’t going to negotiate on her health. She was going to see a Healer no matter what. The only