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

so that she could twirl her fins around her fingers. “Elva would like it. It's what the mermaids

merfolk. The

Zale said, that everyone treated the children as if they were they’re own. I wondered if

show me the best spot?” The little princess guided me to the shelfs

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

an excited smile. “I get to sleep like a mermaid...” she said, and then immediately drifted

where my angel

sleeps undisturbed.” It was so

I had given her the greatest

in

to keep the other children away from

absolutely adorable, and warmed me through and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life

they would get to

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

of wild gray curls, topped with a towering crown, second only, that I'd seen,

scales were a deep, rich purple that looked near black at times, depending on the

as the

could tell just from looking at her

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

Veronica

children treating yours well?” she

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

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 mistaken in that regard.” I

was surprised a second time

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. Or, as inactive as it

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