The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0550

Elva glanced up at Veronica and her laughter stifled. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Veronica startled a little, then tried to smile again. It wasn't as big as before. It barely twitched her lip, and certainly did not meet her eyes.

"Nothing's wrong," Veronica said. "I'm glad you liked the trick."

*How long does it last?" I asked, though as soon as the words left my mouth Elva's purple glow began to fade.

"Aww," Elva said, looking at her hands. "Do it again!"

"Elva, honey," I scolded lightly. "We don't demand things from people."

"I'm tired now," Veronica said. "Maybe another time."

Elva tucked her chin down, disappointed. But she said, "Okay."

*Thank Veronica for the magic trick," I reminded Elva.

Elva kicked her feet on the ground. "Thank you..." she mumbled.

"You're welcome," Veronica said.

Elva lifted her folded bird again. She glanced at me, as if for permission.

"Go on," I said. "Have fun."

Nearby I saw the nanny coming up onto the deck. Elva saw her too, and ran toward her, holding up the folded bird. With Elva thoroughly distracted, I turned to Veronica, looking for an explanation. "What just happened?"

in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The

be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait for the oracle to

Veronica looked anything but happy about

because looking

power level needed to

her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If

Cóntent

I was beginning to suspect that

flatly. I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the best color, that it indicated a curse easiest to

of the curses," Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount

amount of power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could do any

remove her curse?"

far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what

crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from

I said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know

herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly

the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only

arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I

"I've only just started.

meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure

I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good

Look at my birdie!" She showed her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and

Frank," Nicholas said to the

waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to

Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over the

to cool down,"