The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0333

“What do you mean, ‘dark magic?”” Nicholas demanded. I was glad he still had his voice, because mine was totally gone, I had a suspicion that I knew exactly what Veronica meant, but I wanted to hear her say the words.

“I mean a curse,” Veronica said,

I inhaled a shuttering breath,

“It’s possible that Elva has been cursed for a long time, even since she was a baby,” Veronica said.

“So… all this time…?” That was the most I could manage,

“The curse, if dormant, would slowly wear down Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she will have a weakened immune system for the rest of

her life.”

“That’s if we stop it now,” Nicholas said,

Veronica nodded.

“What happens if we don’t stop it?” he asked,

Veronica looked down. “The curse would eventually kill her,”

“Eventually, you said,” Nicholas said. “This seems faster than eventually,”

“Yes.” Veronica looked at Elva again. I followed the length of her gaze, trying to see what she saw. All I saw was my little girl, asleep with labored breathing. “The curse is being amplified, It’s much stronger than it had been previously. Before, it had been so latent that I hadn’t even noticed it.”

As fear clawed away at my insides, desperation took root. “Is there anything you can do?” I

asked.

“I can attempted to ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came around to Elva’s side of the bed, a

I stood up to give her room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful, Without it, I might have fallen/over.

Veronica stretched her arms, hands hovering over Elva’s small body.

At the end of the bed, Julian watched with an unusually grim expression.

Sparks flickered in Veronica’s palms, snapping my attention back to her. She closed her eyes, and muttered some words that I had no hope of hearing.

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Chapter 0333

“What do you mean, ‘dark magic?”” Nicholas demanded. I was glad he still had his voice,

because mine was totally gone. I had a suspicion that I knew exactly what Veronica meant, but I wanted to hear her say the words.

“I mean a curse,” Veronica said.

a shuttering

has been cursed for a long time, even since

said.

this time…?” That was the most

Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she will have a weakened immune system for the rest

her life.”

stop

Veronica nodded.

if we don’t

looked down. “The curse would eventually

said,” Nicholas said. “This

trying to see what she saw. All I saw was my little girl, asleep with labored breathing. “The curse is being amplified. It’s much stronger than it had been previously. Before, it had been so latent that

noticed it.”

fear clawed away at my insides, desperation took root. “Is there

asked.

of the curse.” Veronica came around to Elva’s side

at the small of my back. I was grateful. Without it, I might have fallen

her arms, hands hovering

Julian watched with an unusually

in Veronica’s palms, snapping my attention back to

some words that I had no

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if she had been burned, she gasped and snapped her hands back. A sizzling sound filled the air. I looked down

stepped closer. “Charlotte, get some

once!” Charlotte said and disappeared into

to be painful. Beneath the

“How?”

“I burned off the nerves in my hands years ago,

again. What had this girl gone through, to be here with me now, willing to help Elva even

do that

us. I handed it to Veronica,

it again,” Veronica said. “But not until it’s necessary. It would be pointless to continue until we find the talisman amplifying the power of

them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless too long, watching. Now maybe we could finally

kind of

would have had to been by the person who initially place the curse, and it would be an object very special to them.

she was done speaking, everyone looked at

I gasped, because I knew what they were inferring. It was the same thing

thinking now.

this room. The person who wandered the halls. The one who

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

around me. I had known for a long time now that Jane

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child? For her to place a deathly curse on Elva? That felt too much,

could hate me if she wanted, I could bear it. But

and squeezed. I tried to concentrate on the feel of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch didn’t