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 book contains many

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

anything but happy

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

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

less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else.

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

was beginning to suspect that

was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled

"It will

of power? Veronica was the only one I

remove her curse?"

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

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

said quickly. "This isn't on

"If I were stronger-*

head into her line 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 for

head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to

the only

I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't

Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe there's more

I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't

little ways, wanting to give her some space.

"Nick-lass! Look at my birdie!" She showed 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,

Nicholas said to the

waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The

me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to

needed to cool down," Nicholas said.