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?"

actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains

If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe

anything

that good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I

"The purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made

less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to Jane,

"Yes," Veronica said.

I was

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

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

of power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could do

you remove her curse?"

sighed. "What I do is mere

ground. Any false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I

said quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest.

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

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

Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was a stranger. This magic was foreign, even to

only just started. Maybe there's more

from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how

book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her

folded bird 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

Nicholas 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

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

cool down," Nicholas

I didn't think he had anything to be