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?"

took a breath. "That magic trick' was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book

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

Veronica looked anything but happy about

asked, because looking at Veronica,

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

I said. Jane was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to Jane, the curse on

"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 my heart out a little. I wanted her

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

Veronica was the only one

her curse?" I

by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared

false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault.

quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

I inched closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of this if it

I knew exactly how it

oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough

heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was

reading." Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe there's

meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she

returned to 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 good from

the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that

said

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 to help. The nanny did the best she could

Together we stood side by side. We both

cool down,"

didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not