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?"

read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on

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 the oracle

looked anything but happy

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

frowned. "The purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power

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

said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

Is that good?" I was

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

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

was the only one I knew who could

remove her curse?" I

Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

her line of vision so she could

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

oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power to have

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 magic was foreign, even to Veronica. How could I be certain

Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe there's more

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

book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I

onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had

said to the

waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

over to me. Together we stood

cool down," Nicholas