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?"

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

a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the

Veronica looked anything but happy

news?" I asked, because

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

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, the

Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect that it

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 will require the

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

you remove her curse?"

deepened. "No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere

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

no," I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

dipped my head into her line of vision so she could

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

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

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. This magic was

reading." Veronica said. "I've only just

I hoped she

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

Look at my birdie!" She showed her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her

said to

pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

Together we stood side by side. We both turned

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm