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.

it was notorious for being aggressive

the inner depths

shouldn't be here, unless it had been drawn out

the history of Palmer's existence, no one had ever survived its

currently winter, so there was a high chance that the python was going through

rouse it from its slumber, and my

in sending his

was gesturing at the remaining ones now,

as well, so I braced myself and got

however, Rufus touched my arm, stopping me.He leaned

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

of course, but

to put my faith in Rufus regardless of

"Be careful."

and

bring Beryl back safe and

and before I knew it, tears had sprung in

me you'll be

me a meaningful look before gathering me in his arms

hands, and his fingers turned to claws.He scaled the massive trunk, silently weaving in and out of the shadows cast by

move

asleep, but

was hovering just a few inches

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