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

cursed for a long time, even since she was a

said.

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.”

we stop it

Veronica nodded.

happens if we don’t

looked down. “The curse would

you said,” Nicholas said. “This seems faster than

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

noticed it.”

my insides, desperation took root. “Is there anything you can do?”

asked.

can attempted to ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came

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

hands hovering over Elva’s

the bed, Julian watched with an unusually grim

my attention back to

that I had

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been burned, she gasped and snapped her hands back. A sizzling sound filled the air. I looked down

I stepped closer. “Charlotte, get

Charlotte said and disappeared into the

had to be painful. Beneath the black, her skin was

“How?”

off the nerves in my

this girl gone through, to be here with me now, willing to help Elva even at

do that again,”

over to us. I handed it to Veronica, who placed it in her

until it’s necessary. It would be

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

kind of talisman?”

the organization likely left some type of object nearby that would give strength to the dark magic. It would have had to been by the

done speaking, everyone

what they were inferring. It was

thinking now.

person who wandered the halls. The one who knew all the secret passages in

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

long

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

I could bear it.

feel of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch didn’t feel like

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