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?"

merfolk book

and I perked up. She said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we

Veronica looked anything but happy about

asked, because looking at Veronica,

is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made the curse

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

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was beginning

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

Veronica said. "It will require the

amount of power? Veronica was the only one I knew

her curse?"

"No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

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

shook her head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how

oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough

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 foreign, even to Veronica. How

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

you," I told her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how

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

deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and that she loved it and its

Nicholas said to

fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able

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

needed to cool down," Nicholas