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

heartbeat kicked up 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,

Veronica looked anything but happy about

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

"The purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's

accept that Jane would never come around, not

said. Cóntent

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning to

pulled my heart out a little. I

"It will

Veronica was the only one I knew who could do

you remove her curse?"

She sighed. "What I

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

quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

are enough, Veronica." I inched closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know

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

Veronica said. "She's the

removed doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't

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

I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until Elva

to give her some

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

Nicholas said to

rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate

made his way over to me. Together we stood

needed to cool down," Nicholas said.