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

fins around her fingers. “Elva

merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem to mind though. She looked at Elva with the kind of fondness a sister

if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw the

the best spot?” The little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top. “This is my favorite,” the princess said. “The

drifting. I roused her slightly so

so tired, but she still gave an excited smile. “I get to sleep like a mermaid...” she

where my angel slept, the little princess tugged on my

she sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet and valiant, I thanked her

I had given her the

to interfere in the princess’s self-assigned

the other children away from

Elva has made a friend for life I here, I knew, even if they never

they would get to see each

find a mysterious older merfolk

with a towering crown, second only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself. Someone important then, and well-respected within

black at times, depending on the light. Even her

and mysterious as the float orbs at times, much dimmer

could tell just from looking at her

had no idea if merfolk

wished Veronica was

treating yours

I said. I didn’t know her name, but felt she was worthy of some

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

I was surprised a

So Iwas right. Only those with magical abilities would have been able to detect the curse, especially as

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