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

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

Veronica looked anything

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

incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power

daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to

was beginning to

was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her

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

the only one I

her

I do is mere child's play compared to

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We

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

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

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

said. "I've only just

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

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

stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given

Nicholas said

she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the

Together we stood

down," Nicholas