The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0519

Chapter 0519 With the drama mostly settled forthe moment, I thanked Nicholas for his help.

He smiled once more at me.

Then we split ways, and I made my way down to where the children were playing I to check on Elva. As I drew closer, I could see how tired she was.

It made sense, while the other children were swimming around using their strong tails, Elva had only her two weak legs. Of course she would be exhausted trying to keep up.

She was still smiling, still having fun, but she wasn’t moving with quite the vibrancy she’d earlier displayed.

When she saw me, she waved. I kicked my way over to her, opened my arms, and immediately she came closer to rest.

“Are you having fun, sweetheart?” I

asked her.

“So much fun,” she said with a yawn.

“Don’t make me go home, Mommy” “Not yet, dearest. But you better rest for a moment.” “Just a minute,” she said. Her eyes drooped, but she fought off sleep.

Watching her efforts made my heart ache.

Poor thing didn’t want to miss a minute of this adventure.

One of the merfolk children tugged at my arm. She was a bit older than Elva, maybe seven or eight, with her hair done up in elaborate pigtails. A row of pearls dotted across her forehead. A royal, then.

She pointed at the wall behind them, where I noticed some shelfs had been set up, each covered in some soft-looking cushions.

“When we get sleepy,” the little princess said, “that’s where we sleep.” She

around her fingers. “Elva would like it. It's what

The little princess didn’t seem to

own. I wondered if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw

the shelfs and picked one near the top. “This is my favorite,” the princess said. “The

I told her. And then eased Elva onto the shelf. She was already drifting. I roused her slightly

was so tired, but she still gave an excited smile. “I get to

the shelf where my angel

her,” the princess said. “I’ll make sure she sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet and

had given

in the princess’s self-assigned

sure to keep the other

and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend

hoped they would get to see each other

others, only to find a mysterious older merfolk

head of wild gray curls, topped with a towering crown, second only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself.

that looked near black at times, depending on the light. Even her fins

the float orbs at times,

at her that this was a

likely, though I knew so little of magic, I had no idea if merfolk were more or less prevalent than

wished Veronica

the other children treating

worthy of some type of

child of yours is haunted by darkness. I had worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I

I was surprised a second

with meif you are unable,” the merfolk said. “Though I suspect you too know she is cursed.” ' So Iwas right. Only those with magical abilities would have been able to detect the curse, especially as it was currently inactive.

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