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?"

incantation I read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on

a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait for the oracle to

Veronica looked anything but happy about

asked, because looking at Veronica, I was really

magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made the

said. Jane was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that

"Yes," Veronica said.

I was beginning to suspect that

pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple was the

is the most intricate of the curses," Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power

of power? Veronica was the only

remove her curse?" I

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

to the ground. Any false hope I 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 good. "I'm sorry,"

I said quickly. "This

"If I were stronger-*

are enough, Veronica." I inched closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and

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

the only one with enough power to

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 certain I

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

and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew

I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out over the water. The view

stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it

Frank," Nicholas said to

napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately,

made his way over to me. Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look

needed to cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm

didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not mad that you want to keep