The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0333

Chapter 0333

“What do you mean, ‘dark magic?”” Nicholas demanded. I was glad he still had his voice, because mine was totally gone, I had a suspicion that I knew exactly what Veronica meant, but I wanted to hear her say the words.

“I mean a curse,” Veronica said,

I inhaled a shuttering breath,

“It’s possible that Elva has been cursed for a long time, even since she was a baby,” Veronica said.

“So… all this time…?” That was the most I could manage,

“The curse, if dormant, would slowly wear down Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she will have a weakened immune system for the rest of her life.”

“That’s if we stop it now,” Nicholas said,

Veronica nodded.

“What happens if we don’t stop it?” he asked,

Veronica looked down. “The curse would eventually kill her,”

“Eventually, you said,” Nicholas said. “This seems faster than eventually,”

“Yes.” Veronica looked at Elva again. I followed the length of her gaze, trying to see what she saw. All I saw was my little girl, asleep with labored breathing. “The curse is being amplified, It’s much stronger than it had been previously. Before, it had been so latent that I hadn’t even noticed it.”

As fear clawed away at my insides, desperation took root. “Is there anything you can do?” I asked.

“I can attempted to ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came around to Elva’s side of the bed, a

I stood up to give her room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful, Without it, I might have fallen/over.

Veronica stretched her arms, hands hovering over Elva’s small b*dy.

At the end of the bed, Julian watched with an unusually grim expression.

Sparks flickered in Veronica’s palms, snapping my attention back to her. She closed her eyes, and muttered some words that I had no hope of hearing.

“What do you mean, ‘dark magic?”” Nicholas demanded. I was glad he still had his voice, because mine was totally gone. I had a suspicion that I knew exactly what Veronica meant, but I wanted to hear her say the words.

“I mean a curse,” Veronica said.

I inhaled a shuttering breath.


“It’s possible that Elva has been cursed for a long time, even since she was a baby,” Veronica said.

“So… all this time…?” That was the most I could manage.

“The curse, if dormant, would slowly wear down Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she will have a weakened immune system for the rest of her life.”

“That’s if we stop it now,” Nicholas said.

Veronica nodded.

“What happens if we don’t stop it?” he asked.

Veronica looked down. “The curse would eventually kill her.”

“Eventually, you said,” Nicholas said. “This seems faster than eventually.”

“Yes.” Veronica looked at Elva again. I followed the length of her gaze, trying to see what she saw. All I saw was my little girl, asleep with labored breathing. “The curse is being amplified. It’s much stronger than it had been previously. Before, it had been so latent that I hadn’t even noticed it.”

As fear clawed away at my insides, desperation took root. “Is there anything you can do?” I asked.

“I can attempted to ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came around to Elva’s side of the bed.

I stood up to give her room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful. Without it, I might have fallen over.

Veronica stretched her arms, hands hovering over Elva’s small b*dy.

At the end of the bed, Julian watched with an unusually grim expression.

Sparks flickered in Veronica’s palms, snapping my attention back to her. She closed her eyes, and muttered some words that I had no hope of hearing.

Then, as if she had been burned, she gasped and snapped her hands back. A sizzling sound filled the air. I looked down at her hands, they were scorched with black.

“Veronica!” I stepped closer. “Charlotte, get some ice!”

“At once!” Charlotte said and disappeared into the hallway.

“It’s fine,” Veronica said. I shook my head. It had to be painful. Beneath the black, her skin was red and inflamed. “It doesn’t hurt.”

“How?”

She gave me a small, sad smile. “I burned off the nerves in my hands years ago, at my previous instructor’s command.”

My aching, worried heart broke all over again. What had this girl gone through, to be here with me now, willing to help Elva even at detriment to herself?

“Don’t do that again,” I said.

Charlotte returned with ice and brought it over to us. I handed it to Veronica, who placed it in her palms.

“I will do it again,” Veronica said. “But not until it’s necessary. It would be pointless to continue until we find the talisman amplifying the power of the curse.

Julian sprang to action at once. Nicholas perked too. Perhaps the promise of doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless too long, watching. Now maybe we could finally do something to help Elva.

“What kind of talisman?” Julian asked.

“A member of the organization likely left some type of object nearby that would give strength to the dark magic. It would have had to been by the person who initially place the curse, and it would be an object very special to them. Something that exudes a lot of emotion. for them."

After she was done speaking, everyone looked at me.

“No,” I gasped, because I knew what they were inferring. It was the same thing I was thinking now.

The only person in the underground who had been in this room. The person who wandered the halls. The one who knew all the secret passages in the palace.

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

Time froze around me. I had known for a long time now that Jane hated me. That she envied

But for her to want to kill her own child? For her to place a deathly curse on Elva? That felt too much, too far.

She could hate me if she wanted, I could bear it. But to hate her own child?

Nicholas placed his hand on my hip and squeezed. I tried to concentrate on the feel of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch didn’t feel like enough anymore.

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