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

'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait for

anything but happy

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

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

come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to Jane, the curse on

Veronica said. Cóntent

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

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

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

amount of power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could do

you remove her

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

had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should

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

"If I were stronger-*

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

I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to

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

Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully

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

told her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her.

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

had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and that she loved it and its name was

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.

made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over

down," Nicholas