The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0550

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?"

read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on

exciting, a great sign! If the book

looked anything

that good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made the curse

said. Jane was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never

Cóntent belong

Is that good?" I was

Although in this case, it pulled my

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

the only one I

you remove her

"What I do

me. It was my own

no," 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.

I knew exactly how it felt to not believe you were

said. "She's the only one with enough power to have a

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. How could I be certain

keep reading." Veronica said. "I've only just

the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how

her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good

She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it

said to

in an attempt to replicate the

we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over the

needed to cool down," Nicholas said.

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