The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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 fins 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 to mind though. She looked at Elva with the kind of fondness a sister might

remembered what Ambassador Zale said, that everyone treated the children as if they were they’re own. I wondered if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw the younger as their little siblings

little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top.

eased Elva onto the shelf. She was already drifting. I roused her slightly so that she would know where she was

so tired, but she still gave an excited smile. “I get to sleep like a mermaid...” she

angel slept, the little princess tugged on

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

beamed like I had given

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

other children

made a friend for life I here,

they would get to see each other

the others, only to find a mysterious older merfolk woman

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

purple that looked near black at times, depending on

somewhat, as bright and mysterious as the float orbs at times,

looking at her that this was a matron of significant

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

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the other children treating yours well?”

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

that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I was mistaken in that regard.” I blinked, surprised by

I was surprised a second time but

merfolk said. “Though I suspect you too know she is cursed.” ' So Iwas right. Only those with magical abilities would have been able to

studied my face like she could read my every expression, though to be fair, I did little to hide what

hoped that would be enough information