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?"

trick' was actually an incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk

'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then

Veronica looked anything but

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

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

was the one 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 left to Jane, the curse

"Yes," Veronica said.

purple. Is that good?" I was beginning to

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

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

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

remove her curse?"

She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what

and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's

quickly. "This isn't

"If I were stronger-*

line of vision so she could see my face

dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not

need the merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only

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

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

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

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

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

Frank," Nicholas said to the

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

stood side by side.

cool down," Nicholas said.

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