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 bar. "The

I perked up. 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

anything

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

curse and the magical power level needed to

less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

that good?" I was beginning to suspect

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

said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power

Veronica was the only

her

Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to

around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions

I said quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that

her head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I

Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power to

but I still didn't know

said. "I've only just started. Maybe

my heart. I hoped she knew how much I

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

house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and that she loved it and

said

quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica

over to me. Together we stood side by

needed to cool down," Nicholas said.