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

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

anything but happy about

because looking at Veronica,

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

accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself

"Yes," Veronica said.

Is that good?" I was beginning to suspect

in this case, it pulled my heart out a

of the curses," Veronica said. "It will require

of power? Veronica was the only one I knew who

her

Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to

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

no," I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

my head into her line of vision so she 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 to not believe

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

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

keep reading." Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe there's more

it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until Elva was

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

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 roundabout child way that

Frank," Nicholas said

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

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

down," Nicholas said.

but I didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not mad that you want to keep