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

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

looked anything

because looking at Veronica, I

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 the curse removes

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

"Yes," Veronica said.

good?" I was beginning to suspect that it

flatly. I supposed 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 say

curses," Veronica said. "It will require the

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

you remove her curse?" I

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

up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions

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

"If I were stronger-*

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 this if

couldn't talk. I knew exactly how it felt to not believe

said. "She's the only one with enough power to

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

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

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

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

onto the deck from the house. She explained in

Nicholas said to

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 help. The nanny

way over to me. Together we stood side by

needed to cool down," Nicholas

knew he was feeling protective from our discussion, but I didn't think he had anything to