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

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

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

I wondered if that rubbed off on

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

I

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

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

sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet and

I had given

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

making sure to keep the other children away from

such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life I here, I knew, even if they never

would get to

to find a mysterious older merfolk woman behind

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

black at times, depending on the light. Even her

as the float orbs

from looking at her

likely, though I knew so little of magic, I had

Veronica

the other children treating yours well?”

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

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

a second time

don’t 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 inactive. Or, as inactive as it could

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