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

that she could twirl her fins around her fingers. “Elva would like it. It's what the mermaids

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 have for

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

you,” I told her. “Would you show me the best spot?” The little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near the top. “This is my favorite,” the princess said. “The noises aren’t

was already drifting. I roused her slightly so that

excited smile. “I get to

shelf where my angel

sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet and valiant, I thanked her

had given her the greatest

not wanting to interfere in the princess’s

the other children away

was absolutely adorable, and warmed me through and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life

get to see each other

others, only to find a mysterious older

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

purple that looked near black at times, depending on

as the float orbs

just from looking at her

I had no idea if merfolk

Veronica was

children treating yours

didn’t know her name, but felt she was worthy of some type of honorific. “Thank you, ma’am.” “Good,” the mysterious

yours is haunted by darkness. I had worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I was mistaken

a second

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, with

could read my every expression,

enough