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 tail so that she could twirl her fins around her fingers. “Elva

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

if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who saw the younger as their

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

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

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

my angel slept, the little princess tugged on

sleeps

had given her the greatest

interfere in the princess’s self-assigned duties. She seemed

making sure to keep the other children away from where Elva

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

get to see

to find the others, only to find a mysterious older merfolk woman behind me. She

wild gray curls, topped with a towering crown, second only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself. Someone important then, and well-respected within the

depending on the light. Even

and mysterious as the float orbs at

could tell just from looking at her that this was a matron of significant

likely, though I knew so little of magic, I had no idea if merfolk were more or

wished Veronica

treating yours well?”

ma’am,” I said. I didn’t know her name, but felt she was worthy of some type of honorific. “Thank

haunted by darkness. I had worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can

was surprised a second time but the

those with magical abilities would have been

said. She studied my face like she could read my

I whispered, and hoped that would be enough information for the mysterious merfolk to fill in