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 book on the top

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

anything but happy about

because looking

curse and the magical power level needed to remove

daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else. If left to

"Yes," Veronica said.

was beginning

supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out

the curses," Veronica said. "It will

the only one

remove her

"No. Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to

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,"

no," I said quickly. "This isn't on you at

"If I were stronger-*

line of vision so she could see my face and know that I'm earnest. "We wouldn't even know any of this if it weren't

dissatisfied with herself. I couldn't talk. I knew

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

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

"I've only just started. Maybe

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

ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out

at my birdie!" She showed 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 to her, and that she loved it and its name

Frank," Nicholas said to

an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

his way over to me. Together we stood side by

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