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?"

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

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 didn't need to wait for the oracle to

anything but happy

because looking at Veronica, I was really

of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to

less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to

good?" I was beginning to suspect

false hope. Although in this case, it pulled

Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of

Veronica was the only one I

you remove her curse?"

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

and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I

quickly. "This isn't on

"If I were stronger-*

into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that

talk. I knew exactly how it

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

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

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

my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't

give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good from

She showed her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained

Nicholas said to the

waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the

me. Together we stood side by

down," Nicholas said.