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?"

magic trick' was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar.

said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about

looked anything but

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person

accept that Jane

"Yes," Veronica said.

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning to

bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my

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

Veronica was the only

remove her

She sighed. "What I do

around me. It was my

quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm

couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe you

"She's the only one with

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.

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

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

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

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

said

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

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

needed to cool down," Nicholas

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