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

Elva has been cursed for a long

said.

all this time…?” That was the most I

would slowly wear down Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she will have a

her life.”

stop it now,” Nicholas

Veronica nodded.

happens if we don’t

down. “The curse

said,” Nicholas said. “This seems faster than

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.

noticed it.”

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

asked.

can attempted to ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came around to

give her room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small

hands hovering over Elva’s

end of the bed, Julian watched with an

flickered in Veronica’s palms, snapping my attention back to her.

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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 at her hands,

stepped closer. “Charlotte, get some

said and disappeared into the

said. I shook my head. It had to be painful. Beneath the black, her

“How?”

burned off the

heart broke all over again. What had this girl gone through, to be here

do that

ice and brought it over to us. I handed it to Veronica, who placed it in

it’s necessary. It would be pointless to continue until we find the talisman amplifying the power of

to action at once. Nicholas perked too. Perhaps the promise of doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless too long, watching. Now maybe

of talisman?”

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

she was done speaking, everyone

I knew what they were inferring. It was the same

thinking now.

underground who had been in this room. The person who wandered the halls. The

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

had known for a long time now that Jane hated

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child? For her to place a deathly curse on Elva?

she wanted, I could bear

squeezed. I tried to concentrate on the feel of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch

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