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

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

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

as if they were they’re own. I wondered if that rubbed off on the older children as well, who

best spot?” The little princess guided me to the shelfs and picked one near

drifting. I roused her slightly so that she would know where she was and

get to

where my angel slept, the little princess

make sure she sleeps undisturbed.” It was

I had

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

keep the other children away from where

through and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life I here,

they would get to see

mysterious older merfolk woman behind me. She

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

times, depending on the light. Even her

as bright and mysterious as the

looking at her that this was a

of magic, I had no idea if merfolk were more or

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children treating yours well?”

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

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

a

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

merfolk said. She studied my face like she could read my every

and hoped that would be enough