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?"

magic trick' 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 how to

the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait for the oracle to appear

looked anything but happy about

I asked, because

curse and the magical power level needed to remove it.

on her own 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,

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to

was beginning to suspect

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 color, that it indicated a curse easiest

intricate of the curses," Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount

of power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could

remove her

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

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

said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

closer to her. 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

I knew exactly how it felt to not

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

help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was

only just started. Maybe there's more

from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how

wanting to give her some space. I looked

birdie!" She 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 replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The nanny did the best she

stood side by side. We both

to cool down,"