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

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

blanched slightly, unsure if the term was politically correct. I should have I made certain Elva knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem

own. I wondered if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw the

spot?” The little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top. “This is my favorite,” the princess said. “The noises

I roused her slightly so that she would know where

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

the shelf where my angel slept,

sure she sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet

had given her the greatest

away then, not wanting to interfere in the princess’s

the other children

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

would get to see

only to find a mysterious older merfolk woman behind

with a towering crown, second only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself. Someone important then, and well-respected within the

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

as the

tell just from looking at her that this was a matron of significant

knew so little of magic, I had no idea if merfolk

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the other children treating yours well?”

felt she was worthy of

you, but I can

surprised a

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 inactive. Or, as inactive as it could be, with

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