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?"

read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar.

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 didn't need to wait for the oracle to

looked anything but happy

asked, because looking at Veronica, I

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, if the person who

won't happen," I said. Jane 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,

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

was

in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was

intricate of the curses," Veronica said. "It will require the

Veronica was the only one I knew who

you remove her curse?" I

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

crashed and burned all around me. It was my

I said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and

talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not

the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power to have a

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 could I be certain I

just

the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I

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

who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She

said to

in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The nanny did the best she could

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

to cool down," Nicholas said.