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?"

breath. "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 sections on curses and how

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

Veronica looked anything but

good news?" I asked, because looking

Elva's curse and the magical power level needed

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

"Yes," Veronica said.

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

it pulled my heart out a little. I

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

was the only one I knew who could do

remove her curse?" I

by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what

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," Veronica

I said quickly. "This isn't

"If I were stronger-*

her line of vision so she could see my face and know

couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt

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

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 I be

only just started.

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

ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view

to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to

Nicholas said to

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

Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over the

needed to cool down,"

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