The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0554

I'd promised to be careful, and I would be. But I didn't know how careful I could be when I was swimming out in the ocean, unable to fully take notice of my surroundings.

To have a friend like Veronica, someone I trusted so implicitly, guarding my back, gave me relief without measure.

*Thank you, Veronica," I said. "I mean it."

She nodded.

Near us, about halfway between us and Bridget, Jessica was stretching alone. Watching her, she seemed to be the least flexible of the ground. Perhaps the least athletic? Her deep-set frown seemed to indicate that she was not at all happy about today's event.

"Don't be overconfident," Veronica said softly, so that Jessica would not hear. "Jessica has never flexed her wolf before. We'd don't know what she's truly capable of."

I took the words to heart. Everyone and everything felt like a wild card today. Who knew what the race might bring out of its contenders today?

could. Concentrating on myself, I push-pulled my muscles to ready them for the

I had worked at the restaurant,

Bridget approach us

"Elva," she said, smiling.

doing was more like moving sand from one pile to another and then back again. She seemed to like the way it felt slipping through

the sand she'd been holding like she'd

I asked, standing up for my little

wider, as big and bright as the

you," Bridget

preparing for the race," I

do while we're all competing. Just

good at hiding her emotions. She was too young. Although