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?"

merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on

I perked up. She said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then

anything but happy about

because looking at Veronica, I

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

the 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 would stay

Cóntent belong

Is that good?" I was

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

is the most intricate of the curses," Veronica said. "It

the only

you remove her curse?" I

deepened. "No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do

ground. Any false hope 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 good. "I'm sorry," Veronica

quickly. "This isn't on

"If I were stronger-*

line of vision so she could see my face and know that

with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how

"She's the

doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was a stranger. This magic was foreign, even to Veronica.

"I've only just started. Maybe there's more I

heart. I hoped she

to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was

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

and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able

stood side by side. We both

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm