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?"

book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on

them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse,

anything but happy

asked, because looking at Veronica,

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

come to accept that Jane would never come around,

said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

I was beginning to suspect that it

her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was

most intricate of the curses," Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power to

was the only one I knew who could do

you remove her curse?" I

Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to

hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have

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

"If I were stronger-*

of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of

with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe

the only one with enough power to

heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I

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

of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I

wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The

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

Nicholas said to the

over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the

stood

down,"