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?"

She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how to properly evaluate and remove

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

anything but happy

asked, because looking at

the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed

the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never

"Yes," Veronica said.

that good?" I was beginning to suspect that

hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the

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

amount of power? Veronica was the only one I knew

remove her curse?" I

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

no," I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We

shook her head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly

Veronica said. "She's the only

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 certain

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

I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she

her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good from

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

said to

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 nanny did the

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

down," Nicholas

I didn't think he had anything to be sorry