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

kicked 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

looked anything but happy about

I asked, because looking at Veronica,

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

to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If

"Yes," Veronica said.

was beginning

pulled my

said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power

only one I knew who could

you remove her

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

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

said quickly. "This isn't on you

"If I were stronger-*

closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of

with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it

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

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

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

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

to her book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked

just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in

Frank," Nicholas said

waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the

distracted, Nicholas made his way over to me. Together we stood side by

down," Nicholas said.

protective from our discussion, but I didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not