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?"

toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses

sign! If the book talked about how to remove

Veronica looked anything but happy

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course,

accept that Jane would never come around, not to

Veronica said. Cóntent

I was

said flatly. I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a

Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of

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

remove her curse?" I

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

and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis was not very good.

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

"If I were stronger-*

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 weren't

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

the only one with

when I had removed doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if

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

my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her.

to her book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good from

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

Nicholas said to

to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The nanny did

distracted, Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both

needed to cool down," Nicholas