The Luna Choosing Game

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 mermaids do.”

was politically correct. I should have I made certain Elva knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem to mind though. She looked at Elva with the kind of fondness a

remembered what Ambassador Zale said, that everyone treated the children as if they were they’re own. I wondered if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw the younger

The little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top.

was already drifting. I roused her slightly so that she would

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

the shelf where my angel slept, the little

“I’ll make sure she sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet

had given her the

then, not wanting to interfere in the princess’s self-assigned duties. She

keep the other children away from where Elva

has made a friend for life I here, I knew, even if

get

only to find a mysterious older merfolk woman behind me. She watched me closely, then

topped with a towering crown, second only, that

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

mysterious as the float orbs at times, much

from looking at her that this was a matron of

I had no idea

Veronica

other children treating

I didn’t know her name, but felt she was worthy of some type of honorific. “Thank you, ma’am.” “Good,” the mysterious

I had worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I was mistaken in that regard.” I blinked, surprised by the

was surprised a

those with magical abilities would have been able to detect the curse, especially as it was currently inactive. Or, as inactive as it could be, with Jane’s