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 contains many sections on curses

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, then maybe we didn't need to wait for

anything

news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I

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

on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

I was beginning to suspect that it

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 was the best

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

the only one

you remove her curse?"

"What I do is mere child's

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

I said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

I 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 of this if it

talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe you were

said. "She's the only one with enough power to

said she would appear again 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.

only just started. Maybe there's more I can

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

and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over

stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout

Nicholas said to the

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.

over to me. Together we stood side by

needed to cool down,"