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?"

magic trick' was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on

If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to

anything but happy

because looking at Veronica, I was

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

that won't happen," I said. Jane was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane

"Yes," Veronica said.

good?" I was beginning to suspect that

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

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

only one I

remove her

deepened. "No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's

ground. Any false hope 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

said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

Veronica." 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

shook her head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not

"She's the

to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was a stranger. This magic was foreign, even to Veronica. How

"I've only just started. Maybe there's more

the bottom of my 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

deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it

said to the

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 to help. The nanny

Elva distracted, Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side.

needed to cool down,"

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