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?"

motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains

'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't

Veronica looked anything

asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

the incantation is 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

I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to Jane,

"Yes," Veronica said.

was

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.

"It will require the highest

of power? Veronica was the only one I knew who

her

"What I do is mere child's

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

quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know

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

said. "She's the

me when I had removed doubt from my heart. I wanted 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

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

I hoped she knew

her some space.

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

said

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

way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over the

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm

our discussion, but I didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not mad that you want