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?"

incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the

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 again after

Veronica looked anything but happy

because looking at Veronica, I

"The purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made the

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

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

I was beginning to suspect that it

pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple

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

amount of power? Veronica was the only one I knew

her curse?" I

"No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what is

myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my

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

"If I were stronger-*

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

I knew exactly how it felt to not believe

the only one with enough power to

didn't know if I could fully trust her.

Veronica said. "I've only just started.

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

ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good from the

onto the deck from the house. She explained in her

Nicholas said

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

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

to cool down,"