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

fingers. “Elva would like it.

I should have I made certain Elva knew to call everyone merfolk. The little princess didn’t seem to mind though. She looked

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 to

me to the shelfs and

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

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

from the shelf where my angel

sure she sleeps undisturbed.” It was so sweet

like I had given her the greatest

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

keep the other children

me through and through seeing such kindness. Elva has made a friend for life I here, I knew, even if they never saw each I other

would get to see each

older merfolk woman behind me. She watched me closely, then

towering crown, second only, that I'd seen, to Queen Sonal herself.

at times, depending on the light. Even her fins were

as the float orbs at times,

could tell just from looking at her

though I knew so little of magic, I had

wished Veronica was here.

children treating yours

name, but felt she was worthy of some type of honorific. “Thank you,

worried that the cause was linked to you, but I can see now that I was mistaken in that

a second time but the

unable,” the merfolk said. “Though I suspect you too know she is cursed.” ' So Iwas right. Only those with magical abilities would have been able to detect the curse, especially as it

face like she could read my every expression, though to be fair, I did

and hoped that would be enough information