Luna's Choice のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Two hours into the scavenger hunt and I was regretting my decision to work alone. So far I’d only managed to find the pack of gum, tucked into the base of a hollowed out dead tree, and the penny, strangely enough. Whichever worker had hidden the items hadn’t been very careful and had dropped a piece of brightly colored paper next to the leaf pile the tiny copper penny was under. It had even said on the note where the penny was, so it’d been a huge help in securing one of the more difficult to find objects early on.While looking for my items, I’d come across a random leather belt in a bush, so I’d gone ahead and held onto it, assuming it was one of the other contestants' items. No one had said anything about taking things that weren't assigned to us. I figured I’d either hold onto it in case I came across someone who had found an item of mine, just in case. Or if I don’t end up needing it, I’ll just keep it until I found all my items, so whoever’s it does belong to is slowed down, ho

We decided the best way to do this was to take turns. Quinton would shift first, find two more of his items, then he’d hold the camera for me while I found two of my items. Then we’d flip a coin or something to decide who went first looking for their last item. It was clear we were both still a bit wary of trusting the other, because neither of us was willing to put everything on the line. At least this way, if one of us decided to make a break for it last minute before finishing helping the other, there would only be one item left to find for each of us and we’d still have a sliver of a chance of making it.Quinton’s wolf was large, much larger than mine, with cocoa colored fur and the same hazel eyes that he had as a human. It actually looked to be about the same size as some of the other Alpha’s wolves I’d seen, and I found myself wondering if he really was an lowranking as I was led to believe. As soon as he’d turned, I grabbed his bag and strapped his camera on with mine. I’d ha

“Come on Angel, we only have fifteen minutes left!” “I know, I know!” I huff at Quinton as we run through the trees as humans, both of our breaths labored and shallow. Though it was clear I was struggling a little more than Quinton. I think he might have even been going slower for my sake. We both had all our items and were so close to finishing. We just had to make it through the woods and back to the lake house within the remaining time limit. We had almost lost everything to Peter. We would have, had it not been for the randomly appearing knight in furry armor. I had a very, very strong feeling as to who it was, but why would August help me like that? He didn’t owe me anything, we weren’t friends, he wasn’t a contestant on the show trying to win my affections. What was his angle? There was no way he was just being nice to be nice. People just weren’t like that.Still. If it hadn’t been for him, Quinton and I would have been one hundred percent screwed. I would have to thank him

“This place is so cute.” I breathe as August and I walk into a small cafe thirty minutes later. The drive over August had taken advantage of the time and peppered me with a million different questions, like he was trying to get to know me. He’d asked my favorite color, my favorite animal, if I was allergic to anything. At first it had been weird talking about myself so much with a perfect stranger, but eventually I’d relaxed and just gone with the flow. They were all pretty innocent, insignificant questions, but I found myself liking that he even cared enough to ask if I preferred whole grain bread or white. No one had ever taken the time to get to know me quite so thoroughly. We’d pulled up into the small parking lot of a tiny green building tucked into a corner downtown. It was halfway underground, with steep steps leading to the pale pink front door. There were vines crawling up the sides of the building and potted plants around the entrance. There were no signs or indicators to

Even after Angel was gone, my nose was still filled with her scent. Vanilla, fresh baked cookies, sunshine. It was like it had soaked into my pores throughout our day together, making it impossible to get her off my mind.I had parked the car us workers used when we needed to drive a cast member somewhere and was making my way back up to the secondary house where the on-site staff lived. There were only ten of us, sharing five rooms, two people in each one. We didn’t interact much outside of work, mostly all just tucked away in our beds and texted with family or scrolled through social media. Everyone except me was here for one reason: the paycheck. Being a worker on this show may be slightly degrading, but everyone here was very well compensated for their time. I actually had to pay off another worker for my spot here in the end, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to get in undercover, that was how good the check was. I wasn’t sure why it was so high, maybe it was difficult to get