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

been cursed for a long time, even since she was

said.

That was

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

her life.”

stop it now,” Nicholas

Veronica nodded.

happens if we don’t

down. “The curse would

you said,” Nicholas said.

Elva again. I followed the length of her gaze, trying to see what she saw. All I saw was my little girl, asleep with

noticed it.”

insides, desperation took root. “Is

asked.

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

room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back.

arms, hands hovering over Elva’s

of the bed, Julian

palms, snapping my attention back to her. She closed her

some words that I had

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gasped and snapped her hands back. A sizzling sound filled the air. I looked down at

closer. “Charlotte, get some

once!” Charlotte said and

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

“How?”

smile. “I burned off the nerves in

girl gone through, to be here with me now,

that again,” I

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

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

doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been

kind of talisman?”

had to been by the person who initially place the curse, and it would be

was done speaking, everyone

I knew what they were inferring.

thinking now.

room. The person who wandered the

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

froze around me. I had known for a long time now

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her to want to kill her own child? For her to place a deathly curse on Elva? That felt

I could bear it. But to hate

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

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