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?"

motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the

said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about

Veronica looked anything but happy

I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it.

happen," I said. Jane 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 on Elva

"Yes," Veronica said.

I was beginning

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

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

was the only one I knew who could do

remove her curse?"

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

me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the

no," I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

so she could see my face

I knew exactly how it felt to not believe you were

oracle," Veronica 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 oracle

only just started. Maybe there's more I can

hoped she knew how much

her book, and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view was pretty good from the

me, Elva called, "Nick-lass! Look 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

Nicholas said to the

and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to

me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned

cool down," Nicholas

had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not mad that