The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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

said.

this time…?” That was the most I

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

her life.”

stop

Veronica nodded.

we don’t stop it?”

curse would eventually

Nicholas said. “This seems

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

noticed it.”

took root. “Is there anything you

asked.

curse.” Veronica came around

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

hands hovering over Elva’s small

the end of the bed, Julian watched

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 her hands,

stepped closer.

said and disappeared

Veronica said. I shook my head. It had to be painful. Beneath the black, her skin was red and inflamed. “It doesn’t

“How?”

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

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

do that

I handed it to Veronica, who

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

at once. Nicholas perked too. Perhaps the promise of doing something lit a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless too long, watching. Now maybe we could finally do something to help

of

had to 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

was done speaking, everyone looked at

because I knew what they were inferring.

thinking now.

person in the underground who had been in this room. The person who wandered the halls. The one

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

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

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own child? For her to place a deathly

could bear it. But

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