Chapter 124

Owen glanced over at Marsha, sighed helplessly, then walked up to Liliana. It was a shame they couldn't form trios—if they could, he'd have ditched the current partner in a heartbeat. "Let's just make the spears together," he offered, breaking the silence. Ryder clearly had no objections. Liliana cast a quick look at Marsha, but the latter was too busy arguing with the director to care about anything else at the moment. Liliana nodded, and the three of them grabbed the tools provided by the crew and got to work on fashioning some makeshift fishing gear. Ryder had never clawed a fish out of a river before, but the whole thing had him wide-eyed with curiosity. Spear in hand, he asked Liliana question after question like a curious squirrel. "This show's really leveling me up—I've climbed trees, now I'm about to go full-on fish hunter. What's next? Rub sticks until we get fire?" he joked. Still a teen at heart, Ryder's energy brought a lightness to the group. Owen chuckled. "Come on, you t