The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0593

The next morning was the final of our time on the island, so I made sure to set a personal alarm to wake me up just before dawn. When it finally went off, I grumbled a minute, before remembering my plan and forcing myself out of bed.

I turned toward Elva and shook her gently, rousing her.

"Mommy?" she asked, peeking open one eye.

"Would you like to watch the sunrise, honey?"

That woke her up right away. "Yeah!"

I shushed her gently. "Let's not wake Nicholas," I said.

"I'm already awake," he said from his air mattress on the ground.

I had tried to tell him late last night, after we had very diligently cleaned up after ourselves and finally came upstairs to sleep, that he didn't have to guard us now, with Ronan in jail and Bridget under supervision.

But Nicholas would not be talked out of it.

And now, thusly, he had been woken up before dawn.

I rolled over on the bed to peer down at him with an apologetic glance. "Sorry," I said.

He rubbed his eye with his forefinger. He huffed a small exhale as he shook his head. "I wouldn't want to have missed this," he said. "I'm glad I was here."

We all rolled out of bed. Since it was so early, we didn't bother changing out of our pajamas as we descended the staircase and made our way out onto the deck. We had to come around the house to face east.

Already the sky was lighting up in warm oranges, the sun near the horizon.

To my surprise, Veronica was already there, reading the book she had borrowed from the merfolk. She had a tiny book light clipped onto the top of the book. I marveled for a minute at how it could do so without bending the pages.

Veronica said when I asked her. I had no idea

in time to see a line of blinding white stretch out across

to watch, the brightness of the sun cresting above the waves, as the light painted the sky with a rainbow of

stand between them. I placed my hand on Elva's shoulder. Nicholas

"It's beautiful," I whispered.

ear. "Not as beautiful as you," he

Smooth talker.

a soft smile. He

not wanting to damage our eyes. By now, some of the others had awakened.

her. We'd thought of dismantling it, but... we didn't want to traumatize Elva any more

her.

told Elva, to encourage her. She hadn't shown as

she said, "Okay." She took Julian's hand and they went closer to the water to recover the wet sand needed for

decided

closer to her. Veronica didn't

the book, then stood from the beach towel she had stretched out for herself. As I was closer now, I could see that she

have been good news,

asked. "Do

said. "And

with me about this, Veronica," I said. Usually I wouldn't have minded. I liked the unique way Veronica's mind seemed to work.

mean to undermine the importance of this, or keep it from you." He inhaled deeply. "The

asked. "What are talking about?

end. Or quality of life. And the more life force that is needed the

was my daughter. If anyone had to

could only be me,

has the power to remove the curse, but not the means," Veronica confirmed. "She

I said at once,

do it. I'm an Alpha. It's the least I can do for my