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?"

book." She motioned toward the merfolk book

and 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 need to wait for the oracle to appear again

Veronica looked anything but

I asked, because

magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of

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

said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

I was beginning to suspect that it

Although in this case, it pulled my heart out

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

Veronica was the only one

her

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

ground. Any false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis was not very good. "I'm sorry," Veronica

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

"If I were stronger-*

to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm

clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly

the only

help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her.

Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe

her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I

returned to her book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over

the house. She

said

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

Elva distracted, Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm