The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story



Chapter 0550

Elva glanced up at Veronica and her laughter stifled. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Veronica startled a little, then tried to smile again. It wasn't as big as before. It barely twitched her lip, and certainly did not meet her eyes.

"Nothing's wrong," Veronica said. "I'm glad you liked the trick."

*How long does it last?" I asked, though as soon as the words left my mouth Elva's purple glow began to fade.

"Aww," Elva said, looking at her hands. "Do it again!"

"Elva, honey," I scolded lightly. "We don't demand things from people."

"I'm tired now," Veronica said. "Maybe another time."

Elva tucked her chin down, disappointed. But she said, "Okay."

*Thank Veronica for the magic trick," I reminded Elva.

Elva kicked her feet on the ground. "Thank you..." she mumbled.

"You're welcome," Veronica said.

Elva lifted her folded bird again. She glanced at me, as if for permission.

"Go on," I said. "Have fun."

Nearby I saw the nanny coming up onto the deck. Elva saw her too, and ran toward her, holding up the folded bird. With Elva thoroughly distracted, I turned to Veronica, looking for an explanation. "What just happened?"

an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the

be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove

looked anything

that good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I

to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made the curse

to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to Jane, the curse on Elva

"Yes," Veronica said.

was beginning

Veronica said flatly. I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled

the curses," Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power to

the only

her curse?" I

Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to

I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis was not very good. "I'm

no," I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of this if it weren't

couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not

the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power to have

Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust

just started.

heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until Elva was

her book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty

from the house. She explained in her

Frank," Nicholas said

attention waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able

Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look

cool down," Nicholas said.

I didn't think he had anything to