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?"

was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The

book talked about how to remove the

anything but happy

that good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

magical power level needed

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

Cóntent belong

Is that good?" I was beginning to

Veronica said flatly. I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled

the curses," Veronica said. "It will

amount of power? Veronica was the only

her curse?" I

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

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm

dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not

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

to me when 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

reading." Veronica said. "I've only just

heart. I hoped she knew how much I

wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The

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

Frank," Nicholas said

of napkins in an attempt to replicate the

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

cool down," Nicholas said.