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 do.” She giggled at the

if the term was politically correct. I should have I made certain Elva knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem to mind though. She looked at Elva with the kind of fondness

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

the best spot?” The little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top.

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

excited smile. “I get

shelf where my angel slept,

she sleeps undisturbed.” It

had given her the greatest

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

making sure to keep the other children away

made a friend for life I here, I knew,

get to

older merfolk woman behind me. She

only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself.

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

and mysterious as the float

at her that this

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

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other children treating

felt she was worthy of some type of honorific. “Thank you, ma’am.” “Good,” the

I had worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I was mistaken in

a second time

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,

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