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?"

"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

up and I perked up. She said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait for the oracle to

looked anything

that good news?" I asked, because looking at

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

the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help

"Yes," Veronica said.

that good?" I was beginning

one for false hope. 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 curse easiest to

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

only

her curse?"

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

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

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

I knew exactly how it felt

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

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 magic was foreign,

"I've only just started.

I hoped she knew how much

a little ways, wanting to give her

Elva called, "Nick-lass! Look at my birdie!" She showed her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her

Nicholas said to the

to a pile of napkins in an attempt to

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

cool down," Nicholas

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