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?"

toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how to properly evaluate

That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book

Veronica looked anything but happy

because looking at Veronica,

is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power

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

"Yes," Veronica said.

that good?" I was beginning to suspect

never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the best color, that it

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

power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could

her curse?"

sighed. "What I do

the 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 that the diagnosis

no," I said quickly. "This isn't

"If I were stronger-*

could see my face and know

couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it

Veronica said. "She's the

I had removed doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I

just started.

I told her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her.

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

just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout

Frank," Nicholas 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 me. Together we stood side by

down,"

our discussion, but I didn't think he had anything to