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?"

merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses

up and I perked up. She 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 to appear again after

looked anything but happy about

asked, because looking

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

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

"Yes," Veronica said.

I was beginning to

Although in this case, it pulled my heart

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

of power? Veronica was the only one I

her

"No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is

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 good. "I'm sorry," Veronica

quickly. "This isn't on

"If I were stronger-*

head into her line of vision so she could see my

head, clearly dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to

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

said she would appear again to me 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. How could I be

only just started.

told her, and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how

her some space. I looked out over the

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 to her, and

said

after 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

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

to cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm

from our discussion, but I didn't think he had