Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

I look at Karl, his face pale but determined. “This is it,” he says softly.

“Okay, so where do we even start looking for the truffles?” I ask, my eyes darting from rock to bush to the

roots of trees. “Inside the building, right?”

Karl shrugs, almost embarrassed. “Adam only told me it’s somewhere near the waterfall. That’s as specific

as he got.”

“Great,” I mutter. “A treasure hunt to top it all off. What fun.”

We watch the building for a little while, and the whole time, I find myself fascinated by the security

measures.

“What could they be hiding?” I murmur, watching a couple of guards walk across a rope bridge that

crosses the massive ravine.

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Karl shrugs. “They’re poachers, Abby. Could be anything from fancy truffles to endangered animals.

Maybe even humans, for all we know.”

shoot Karl a sideways

everything. Either way, let’s stick close to the

can work our way down, keep an eye

we need

if we almost get caught, we can hide behind the vines,”

of us, a constant, deafening roar that

around guards and

don’t even know

nods. “Let’s

begin working our way down the ravine. There’s a

it all. As we go, we keep low, hiding behind vines when guards

eyes peeled for the

don’t find anything. As we get closer and closer

away somewhere—likely in the HQ building. The

and go home once and for all or risk everything and

I’m not

close to the waterfall now. The sound of the water rushes through

everything else.

crouched in the shadows searching for truffles, the

emanating over the rushing water freezes us both. I peer through

but getting closer. My heart pounds in my ears. There’s nowhere

anywhere for