In less than thirty minutes, she managed to find two extra flags. She stumbled upon one by pure luck and stole one from a team who was too lazy to continue the game. Now she had three flags and was overjoyed.
All she needed was the fourth flag, and she would win. Adina's feet came to a halt as she spotted it, right inside a cave was a tiny green flag raising its head. If not for the wind making the flag flutter, no one would know it was there.
A wide grin spread across her face. "There you are," she whispered, stepping forward toward the little mouth of the cave.
Branches cracked behind her, but she was too focused to care. Her heart was pounding in her chest from the thrill of it all. Just one more, and she'd win. She'd beat everyone.
She reached a hand out toward the flag—And a massive black wolf leapt out suddenly.