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?"

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

kicked up and I perked up. She said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book

anything but

that good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica,

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,

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 would never come around, not to help herself

"Yes," Veronica said.

I was beginning to suspect

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 to say

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

was the only one I knew who could

you remove her

I do is mere child's

myself crashed and burned all around me. It

said quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and

I knew exactly how it felt to not believe

need the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only

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

only just

from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until Elva was completely

her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty

Elva called, "Nick-lass! Look 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 child way that Veronica had made it and

Nicholas said

attention waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice

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

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm

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