Seraphina's frantic voice echoed through the dimly lit hospital hallway, shattering the eerie silence of the night.
"Doctor! Please! Someone help my daughter!" she screamed, her voice laced with desperation as she rushed forward, clutching a burning-hot Elara in her arms.
The nurses at the reception desk immediately turned their heads, startled by the commotion. Footsteps hurried toward her as a doctor emerged from one of the rooms, pulling on a white coat hastily.
"What happened?" the doctor asked, already reaching out to check the unconscious little girl in Seraphina's arms.
"She…she has a fever! It shot up all of a sudden! She was crying before it happened, and I think…I think the stress might have triggered it!" Seraphina's breaths were coming in ragged pants, her face streaked with tears.
The doctor motioned for a stretcher, and two nurses rushed forward. "How long has she had this fever?"