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?"

breath. "That magic 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

said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book

looked anything but happy about

asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course,

the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to Jane, the

"Yes," Veronica said.

Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect

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

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

Veronica was the only one I knew

her

Not by far." She sighed. "What I

It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis was not very good.

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

"If I were stronger-*

of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We

head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly

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

to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The

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

told her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until

to give her some space. I looked out over the

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 given it to her, and that she loved

Frank," Nicholas said to

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 to be able

stood side by side. We

down," Nicholas said.

think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm