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 since she was a

said.

That was the most

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

her life.”

if we stop

Veronica nodded.

we don’t stop

down. “The curse would eventually kill

said,” Nicholas said. “This seems faster

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

noticed it.”

away at my insides, desperation took root. “Is

asked.

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

room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful. Without it, I

arms, hands hovering over Elva’s small

end of the bed, Julian watched with

palms, snapping my attention back to her. She closed

that I

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sizzling sound filled the air. I looked down at

I stepped closer.

once!” Charlotte said and

be painful. Beneath

“How?”

burned off the nerves

had this girl gone through, to

do that

brought it over to us. I handed it

it’s necessary. It would be pointless to continue until we find

too. Perhaps the promise of doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the

kind of talisman?” Julian

It would have had to been by

done speaking, everyone

because I knew what they were inferring. It was the

thinking now.

the underground who 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

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

she wanted, I could bear

hand on my hip and 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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