The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0496 That was when I spotted some strange divots in the earth, like lines, where the dirt was falling down into. A sinkhole? I didn’t know.

Veronica didn’t notice. She was looking at the notecard she’d made, likely reading off the next step. She stepped straight beyond the divot, and the ground started to slip beneath her.

Reacting quicker than I could think, I grabbed Veronica’s arm and yanked her to the side, off to the safety of some nearby foliage. But in doing so, I had propelled myself into the danger. I searched for footing, but the ground totally collapsed beneath me.

I fell down, down, down — and then abruptly stopped with a thud. My arm

Sw 719 BONU ached something fierce, but I was otherwise unharmed.

“Piper? Oh my God, are you okay?” Veronica called down. It was unusual to hear such worry in her voice.

I opened my eyes and peered up. I had thought this might be sinkhole, but I could see now that while indeed a hole, this one is entirely manmade.

It was a trap. The net under my feet gave that away. Someone had dug a hole, strung a net overtop it and then covered the mesh with dirt and leaves to make it look like regular earth.

But why? “The rules never said there would be traps!” Veronica said.

nine feet deep. I couldn't easily jump

BVIZWe Veronica tried to help me, she could

you climb out?”

clawing at the dirt walls of my enclosure, but the dirt was soft and sandy. It kept collapsing under my fingers. I couldn’t take hold. €

grabbed one of the nearby vines and dropped it down into the hole for me. I grabbed it,

two, and I crashed back down into the

was useless then. We needed a

for insisting we

need supplies.

being alone, but if Veronica stayed here with me, it would accomplish nothing. “Be careful.” “I'should say that to you.” “I'm not going

the pit for a while, waiting. I didn’t know how

maybe, when I

I called, hope

that you?” My hope sunk down. That wasn’t

top of the pit as she looked down at me, amusement on her face. Immediately I noticed she