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

a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we

looked anything but happy about

asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level

Jane was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would

"Yes," Veronica said.

that good?" I was beginning to suspect that it

never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little.

Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power to

only one I knew who

you remove her

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

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

said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

head into her line of vision so she could

herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not

Veronica said. "She's the only one with

I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was a stranger. This magic was foreign, even to Veronica. How

keep reading." Veronica said. "I've only just started.

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

give her some space. I looked out over the water. The

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

Frank," Nicholas said to the

attention waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to

over to me. Together we stood side by

needed to cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm

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