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 the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how

'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't

anything

good news?" I asked, because looking

the magical power level needed to

daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

I was beginning to suspect that it

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

of the curses," Veronica said. "It

only one I

you remove her

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

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 very good. "I'm sorry,"

no. No, no," I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest.

I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to

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

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

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

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

little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked

called, "Nick-lass! 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 roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and

Frank," Nicholas said to

napkins in an attempt to replicate

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

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