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?"

I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the

should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove

anything but happy about

good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

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

to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else.

"Yes," Veronica said.

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning

this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to

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

amount of power? Veronica was the only

you remove her curse?"

by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared

dropped down to 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

no," I said quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

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 even know any of this if it weren't for

couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt

Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power to have

again to 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 could I

said. "I've only just started. Maybe

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

ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the

She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to

said to the

in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned

to cool down,"

think he had