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

cursed for a long time, even since she

said.

That was the most I could

over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she

her life.”

if we stop it

Veronica nodded.

happens if we don’t stop it?”

“The curse

said. “This seems faster than

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.”

took root. “Is

asked.

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

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

her arms, hands hovering

end of the bed, Julian watched with

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

some words that I

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sizzling sound filled

closer. “Charlotte, get

and

said. I shook my head. It had to be painful.

“How?”

small, sad smile. “I burned off the nerves in my

worried heart broke all over again. What had this girl gone through, to be here with me now, willing to help Elva even

do that

ice and brought it over to us. I handed it to

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

within them. I understood

of talisman?” Julian

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

speaking, everyone looked at

what they were inferring. It was the same thing I

thinking now.

the underground who had been in this room. The person 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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to kill her own child? For her to place a deathly curse on

I could bear it. But to

of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch didn’t feel like enough

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