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 shuttering

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

said.

this time…?” That was the most

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

her life.”

if we stop it now,”

Veronica nodded.

don’t stop it?” he

“The curse would

Nicholas said. “This seems faster

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

noticed it.”

desperation took root. “Is there anything you can

asked.

ebb the flow of the curse.” Veronica came

Nicholas kept his hand at the small of my back. I was grateful. Without

hands hovering

of the bed, Julian watched with an unusually grim

my attention back

that I had no

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

I stepped closer. “Charlotte,

said and disappeared

had to be painful. Beneath the black, her skin was red and inflamed. “It doesn’t

“How?”

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

to be here with me now, willing to help

do that again,” I

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

would be pointless to continue

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

of talisman?” Julian

strength to the dark magic. 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

done speaking, everyone looked

I knew what they were inferring. It

thinking now.

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

Terry was in prison.

That only left Jane.

had known for a long time now

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child? For her to place a

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

on my hip and squeezed. I tried to concentrate on the feel of him, to bring me back to the present, but even his touch didn’t feel like