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.

called it Palmer, and it was notorious for

the inner depths

shouldn't be here, unless it had been

of Palmer's existence, no one had ever survived

was currently winter, so there was a high chance

from its slumber, and my daughter would immediately

was right in sending his

ones now, silently instructing

should make a move as well, so I braced myself and got ready to fight

touched my arm, stopping me.He leaned close and whispered

alarm it, so we need to act fast.We both know I'm quicker and stealthier in climbing, so

know this, of course, but I didn't

sighed, choosing to put my faith in Rufus regardless of

"Be careful."

and squeezed

Beryl

ached, and before I knew it, tears had sprung in

me

gathering me in

fingers turned to claws.He scaled the

didn't move

that it was indeed asleep, but we couldn't afford to

hovering just a few inches above my daughter's

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