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

possible that Elva has been cursed for a long time, even since she was a baby,”

said.

was

slowly wear down Elva’s immune system over time. From the duration she’s already experienced, she will have a

her life.”

we stop

Veronica nodded.

don’t

down. “The curse would eventually

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

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

noticed it.”

my insides, desperation took root. “Is

asked.

of the curse.” Veronica came around to

the small of my back. I was grateful.

stretched her arms, hands hovering

Julian watched with an unusually grim

snapping my attention back to her. She

words that I

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hands back. A sizzling sound filled the air. I looked

closer. “Charlotte, get

said and disappeared into the

be painful. Beneath the black, her skin

“How?”

small, sad smile. “I burned off the nerves in my hands years ago, at my previous instructor’s

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

do that

over to us. I handed it to

be pointless

a fire within them. I understood the sentiment. We’d been helpless

kind of talisman?” Julian

magic. It would have had to been by the person who initially place the curse, and it would be an

was done speaking,

I knew what they were inferring. It was the same thing I

thinking now.

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

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

long time now that

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kill her own child? For her to place a

could bear it. But to hate her own

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

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