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

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

looked anything but happy

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

curse and the magical power level needed

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,

"Yes," Veronica said.

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect that

Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the best color, that it indicated a

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

the only one I knew who

remove her curse?"

I do is mere child's play compared to what is

all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis

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

"If I were stronger-*

line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of

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

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

oracle had said she would appear 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

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

it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't

and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some

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 it and its name was

Frank," Nicholas said

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

made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned

down," Nicholas

protective from our discussion, but I didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm