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

could twirl her fins around her fingers. “Elva

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

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

princess guided me to the shelfs

shelf. She was already drifting. I roused her slightly so that she would know where she was and where I

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

where my angel slept, the little princess tugged on my

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

I had given her

wanting to interfere in the

to keep the other

has made a friend for life I here,

they would get to see each

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

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

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

as the

could tell just from looking at her that this

had no idea

wished Veronica was

treating yours well?”

I didn’t know her name, but felt she was worthy

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 blinked,

surprised a second time but the

need to share 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

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