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?"

motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how to properly evaluate and

said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove

Veronica looked anything

news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I

is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's

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

Cóntent belong

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect that

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

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

only one I knew who could do

her curse?"

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

I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis was not very

quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and

dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe

need the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough

to me when I had removed doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if

keep reading." Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe there's

meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew

little ways, wanting to give her some space. I

to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had

Nicholas said to

to replicate the

me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to

down," Nicholas