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?"

was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many

'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book

anything but

because looking at

the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the

happen," I said. Jane was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept

Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

Is that good?" I was beginning to

She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say

"It will require the highest amount of magical power to

the only one I knew who could do

you remove her curse?" I

"What I do is

stomach dropped down to the ground. Any false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own

I said quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of this if it weren't for

shook her head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt

said. "She's the only one with

Elva, but I still didn't know if

just started. Maybe there's more I can

I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until Elva was

her some space. I

onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given

Nicholas said

that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

made his way over to me. Together we stood

down," Nicholas