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.

inhaled a

cursed for a long time, even since she was a baby,”

said.

was the most I could

slowly wear down Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already

her life.”

we stop it now,”

Veronica nodded.

happens if we don’t

down. “The curse would eventually kill

Nicholas said. “This seems faster than

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.”

insides, desperation took root. “Is there anything you can do?”

asked.

to ebb the flow of the curse.”

at the small of my

hands

bed, Julian watched with an unusually

attention back to her. She closed

some words that I had no hope of

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

I stepped closer. “Charlotte, get some

Charlotte said and disappeared

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

“How?”

me a small, sad smile. “I burned off the nerves in my hands years ago, at my previous

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

do that again,”

us. I handed it to Veronica, who placed it

not until it’s necessary. It would be pointless to continue until we find the talisman amplifying the power of

the promise of doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless too long, watching.

of talisman?” Julian

the dark magic. It would have had to been by the person who initially place the curse,

she was done speaking,

I knew what they were inferring. It was the same

thinking now.

had been in this room. The person who

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

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

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her to place a deathly curse on Elva?

hate me if she wanted, I could bear

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

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