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?"

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 properly evaluate

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

anything

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

the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of

was the one to make the curse, 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, the curse on Elva would

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Is that good?" I was beginning

Veronica 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 little. I wanted her to

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

was the only one I

her curse?" I

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

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

Veronica." I inched closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my

talk. I knew exactly how it felt to

"She's the only one with enough power to have a

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

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

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

walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some

the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way

said to the

to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

stood side by side. We both turned to

to cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm