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

has been cursed for a long time, even

said.

time…?” That was the most I

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

her life.”

we stop it

Veronica nodded.

we don’t stop it?”

curse would

Nicholas said. “This

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.

noticed it.”

clawed away at my insides, desperation took

asked.

ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came

stood up to give her room. Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful. Without it, I might

her arms, hands

of the bed, Julian

Veronica’s palms, snapping my attention back to her.

words that I had no hope

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

I stepped closer. “Charlotte, get some

Charlotte said and disappeared into

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

“How?”

sad smile. “I burned off the nerves in my

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

do that again,”

I handed it to Veronica, who placed it in

It would be pointless to continue until we find the

sprang to action 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

kind of talisman?”

by the person who initially place the curse, and it would be an object very special to them. Something that exudes a lot

done speaking,

I knew what they were inferring. It was the

thinking now.

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

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

froze around me. I had known for a long

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own child? For her to place a deathly curse on Elva? That felt too much,

hate me if she wanted, I could bear it. But to hate her

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

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