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

her fingers. “Elva would like it. It's what the mermaids do.” She

made certain Elva knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem

that everyone treated the children as if they were they’re own. I wondered if that rubbed off on

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

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

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 arm

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

beamed like I had given her the

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

sure to keep the other children

and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life I here, I knew,

would get to

turned then, to find the others, only to find a mysterious older merfolk woman

crown, second only, that I'd seen,

deep, rich purple that looked near black at times, depending on

the float

could tell just from looking at her that

likely, though I knew so little of magic, I had no

Veronica

treating yours

worthy of some type

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

surprised a second time but

cursed.” ' So Iwas right. Only 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 distance and the talismans

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