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

possible that Elva has been cursed for a long time, even

said.

was the most I could

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

her life.”

we stop it now,”

Veronica nodded.

if we don’t

down. “The curse would eventually

Nicholas said. “This

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

noticed it.”

insides, desperation took root.

asked.

can attempted to ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came around to Elva’s side

room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small

hands hovering over Elva’s small

the bed, Julian watched with an unusually grim

palms, snapping my attention

I had no

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A sizzling sound filled the air.

stepped closer. “Charlotte, get some

Charlotte said and disappeared into the

fine,” Veronica said. I shook my head. It had to be painful.

“How?”

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

through, to

do that again,” I

I

“But not until it’s necessary. It would be pointless to continue until we find the

Nicholas perked too. Perhaps the promise of doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless too

kind of talisman?”

been by the person who initially place the curse, and it would be an object very special to them. Something that exudes a lot of emotion. for

speaking, everyone

they were inferring. It was the

thinking now.

been in this room. The person who wandered the halls. The one who knew all the secret passages

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

had known for a long time now that

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her own child? For her to

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

feel of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch

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