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?"

trick' was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and

She said '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 the oracle to appear

looked anything but

because looking

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

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

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was beginning to

one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart

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

the only

her curse?" I

by far." She sighed. "What I do

down to the ground. Any false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I

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

"If I were stronger-*

could see my face and know that I'm

herself. I couldn't talk. I knew

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

she would appear again to me when I had removed 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. How could

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

from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would

little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over

She

Nicholas said to the

attention waned 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 the best she

distracted, Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood

needed to cool down," Nicholas