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Chapter 897 Xavier Is a Great Man

Since it had just rained, the firewood was damp, so it took a while to get the fire going. “Come over and sit beside the fire to dry your clothes. Otherwise, you might get sick,” Xavier urged everyone.

They came over and sat on either a rock, a piece of firewood, or a stomp. Then, the atmosphere descended into complete silence.

Sensing the awkwardness, Liam took the initiative to start a conversation with Zac. Meanwhile, Veronica stared at the crackling firewood while lost in her thoughts.

To prevent the groups from trekking on the same path, there were seven to eight different entrances for the groups to head into the mountains.

She had been leaving markers for Matthew along the way, but she did not expect the rain, which could erase all her trails. Can Matthew still find me?

Liam yawned and stated, “I’m tired. Let’s go to bed. We still have to make up for lost time tomorrow.”

Then, Zac looked at Veronica meaningfully before getting up and entering his tent.

“You guys go ahead. I’ll be the first one on watch tonight. Nelson, you’ll be responsible for the latter half of the night.” Xavier volunteered to keep guard for the first half of the night.

was a woman, so he

rose to his feet and

all three of them were in their zipped tents, Xavier and Veronica gazed at each other before he piped up, “You should hurry up

I’ll be looking over you,

her lips together, she nodded before

vision was limited at night, so they could not go hunting for food. There were no edible plants or berries either, so

and forced herself to fall asleep. At least with Xavier keeping

long she had slept, but she keenly felt her sleeping bag moving some time later. After reaching her hand under her pillow to grab a dagger, she did not budge and waited to see what would happen

the person coming nearer, she grabbed the intruder’s shirt and pinned that person on the

the

her dagger and suppressed her voice

His answer was

need to ask for a reason, for she could easily guess that he wanted to switch tents to protect

owe him too much. I cannot let him bear the dangers for me

so much effort to change the rules of the game just so that she can do away with you and Matthew, so I’d advise that