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

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

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

children as if they were they’re own. I wondered if

me to the shelfs and picked one near the top. “This is my favorite,” the princess said. “The noises aren’t so

I roused her slightly so that she would know where she was

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

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

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

like I had

in the princess’s self-assigned

the other children away

was absolutely adorable, and warmed me through and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life I here, I knew, even if they never

hoped they would get to see each other

a mysterious older merfolk woman behind

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

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

as the float orbs at times, much dimmer at

at her that this was a matron of

I knew so little of magic, I had no

Veronica was

children treating yours

was worthy of some type of

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

a second time

' So Iwas right. Only those with magical abilities would have been able to detect the

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