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?"

in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The

should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait

looked anything but happy

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of

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

bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the best

said. "It will require the highest amount of

was the only one I

her

I do is mere

stomach 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 diagnosis was not very good. "I'm sorry,"

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

"If I were stronger-*

of vision so she could see my face and know

couldn't talk. I knew exactly

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

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 be certain I could

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

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

returned to her book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was

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 it and its

Nicholas said to the

of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The nanny did

Elva distracted, Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned

down," Nicholas said.

he had anything to be