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

tail so that she could twirl her fins around her fingers. “Elva would like

Elva knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem to mind though. She looked at Elva with

own. I wondered if that

princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near

She was already drifting. I

get to sleep like a mermaid...” she

the shelf where my angel slept, the little princess tugged on my arm

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

like I had given her

interfere in the princess’s self-assigned duties.

sure to keep the other children away from where Elva

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

they would get

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

only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself. Someone important then, and well-respected within the merfolk

deep, rich purple that looked near black at times, depending on the light. Even her fins were different than the other merfolk. They

and mysterious as the float orbs

from looking at her that this was a

magic, I had no idea

Veronica was

the other children treating yours well?” she

felt she was worthy of some type

that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I

was surprised a

is cursed.” ' So Iwas right. Only those with magical abilities

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