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?"

in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how to properly evaluate and

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

looked anything but happy about

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

the magical power

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 Elva would stay

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Is that good?" I was

Veronica said flatly. I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the best color, that it indicated a curse

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

power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could

her

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

myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault.

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

"If I were stronger-*

vision so she could see my

shook her head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe you were

the only one with enough power to have

didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle

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

heart. I hoped she knew how

I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I

her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made

said to the

attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The nanny did the best she

Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out

needed to cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm