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?"

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 how

If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need

anything but

asked, because looking at Veronica,

the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made the curse

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

said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect that it

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

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

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

remove her curse?"

"What I do is mere child's play

crashed and burned all around me. It was my

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

"If I were stronger-*

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

herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe you

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

still didn't know if

only just started. Maybe there's more

the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated

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

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 it and given it to her, and

Nicholas said to

a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to

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

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