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?"

She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how to properly

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

anything but happy about

that good news?" I asked, because

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

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 would stay

Cóntent

was beginning to suspect that it

false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my

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

Veronica was the only one I knew who could

her curse?"

She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play

dropped down to the ground. Any false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I

said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

dipped 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

I knew

the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one

I had removed doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was a stranger. This magic was foreign, even to

Veronica said. "I've only just

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

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

her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that

said to the

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 nanny

stood side by side. We both turned to look out over

to cool down," Nicholas