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?"

this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections

a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to

Veronica looked anything

because

the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to

on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not

Cóntent belong

was beginning to

said flatly. I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple

most intricate of the curses," Veronica said. "It will

the only

remove her curse?"

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

myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions

quickly. "This isn't on

"If I were stronger-*

her line of vision so she could see my face and

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

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

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

"I've only just

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

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

Nicholas said to

attention 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 nanny did the best she could

his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm