Chapter 1127 Palmer

Crystal's POV:

It felt like my world had crumbled in an instant.I lost the strength in my legs, and if Rufus didn't catch me in time, I would have fallen on my knees.

"Calm down.This isn't the time to lose your wits.Pull yourself together."

I willed myself to stay upright, but I was still trembling all over.

My precious Beryl was just a toddler, nothing more than a snack to the vicious python.

How could anyone be so cruel as to try and feed her to that monster? I pushed Rufus aside and took a deep, steadying breath.

"What should we do now?"

"Don't worry," Rufus said in a low voice, his face set in quiet determination.

"I have an idea."

He signaled at his men to remain silent and retreat slowly.

The more people there were, the higher the chances of alerting the python to our presence.

In the end, only a handful of his trusted guards remained, stationed at intervals a few feet away from the tree.I held my breath and stood still.I was like a spring wound tightly, ready to bolt forward at any given second.I was familiar with the python.

and it was notorious for being aggressive and extremely

creature lived in the

had

no one

winter, so there was a high chance that the python was

noise could rouse it from its slumber,

was right in sending his

was gesturing at the remaining ones now, silently instructing them where to position

I braced myself

my arm, stopping me.He

sound will alarm it, so we need to act fast.We both know I'm quicker and

of course, but I didn't

to put my faith in Rufus regardless of my

"Be careful."

smiled and squeezed my

Beryl back

before I knew

me

gathering me in his arms in

claws.He scaled the massive trunk, silently weaving in and out of the

move

could have easily believed that it was indeed asleep, but we

just a few inches above

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