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 the

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

because looking at

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

accept that Jane would never come around, not to help

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect that it

this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the best color, that

"It

amount of power? Veronica was the only one I

you remove her curse?" I

"What I do is

all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's

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

"If I were stronger-*

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

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

the only one with enough power to have

my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was

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

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

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

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

Nicholas said to

to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird.

me. Together we stood side by

to cool down,"