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?"

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 contains many sections on curses and how to properly evaluate and

perked up. She said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the

Veronica looked anything but

because looking at

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

to accept that Jane would never come

"Yes," Veronica said.

Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect

it pulled my heart

curses," Veronica said. "It will require the highest

Veronica was the only one I

remove her curse?"

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

around me. It was my own fault. I should

said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

into her line of vision so she could see my face and know

with herself. I couldn't talk. I

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

I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully

just started. Maybe there's more I can

her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she

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

at my birdie!" She showed her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout

said

napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't

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

to cool down,"

he was feeling protective from our discussion, but I didn't think he had anything to be sorry