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

That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about

looked anything

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

frowned. "The purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to

that won't happen," I said. Jane was the one to make 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

Cóntent belong

that good?" I was beginning to suspect

hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out

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

was the only

her curse?" I

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

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

No, no," I said quickly. "This isn't on you at

"If I were stronger-*

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

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

Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power

I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't

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

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

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

just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it

Frank," Nicholas said to the

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 be able to help. The nanny did

way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both

needed to cool down," Nicholas said.