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?"

incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the

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 appear again after

Veronica looked anything but

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

magical power level needed to remove it. It's

Jane was the one to make 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 curse on

"Yes," Veronica said.

was beginning to suspect that it

said flatly. I supposed I appreciated her 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 color, that it indicated

said. "It will require the highest amount

only one I

remove her

I do is

burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from

I said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We

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

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

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, even to Veronica. How could

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

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

I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good from the

deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and

Frank," Nicholas said to

and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice

me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned

cool down," Nicholas said.

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