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 shuttering

been cursed for a long time, even since she was

said.

all this time…?” That was the

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

her life.”

if we stop it now,” Nicholas

Veronica nodded.

don’t stop it?”

“The curse would

you said,” Nicholas said.

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.”

clawed away at my insides, desperation took root.

asked.

the curse.” Veronica came around

her room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful.

arms, hands

end of the bed, Julian watched with an unusually

palms, snapping my attention back to her.

muttered some words that I

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

closer. “Charlotte,

once!” Charlotte said and disappeared

head. It had to be painful. Beneath the black, her skin

“How?”

a small, sad smile. “I burned off the nerves

this girl gone through, to be here with me

do that

returned with ice and brought it over to us. I handed it to Veronica, who placed

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

them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless

of

It would have 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

done speaking, everyone looked at

I knew what they were

thinking now.

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

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

known for a long time

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child? For her to place a deathly curse

she wanted, I could bear it.

hand on my hip and squeezed. I tried to concentrate on the feel of him,

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