Chapter 333

Brielle couldn’t guess what he was about to say, but that single sentence had injected a jolt of energy into her weary bones.

The thrumming of the helicopter blades was audible, yet with the mountains shrouded in a thick mist, it was impossible to pinpoint someone’s location once they strayed.

Max crouched down again, gesturing for her to climb on. “I’ll take you back. Kenzo’s already been picked up.”

It seemed Kenzo’s injuries were serious; otherwise, the chopper wouldn’t have hovered directly overhead. They must have sent a winch down from high above to haul him up. Thankfully, they weren’t dealing with a dense fog; otherwise, evacuating Kenzo would have been a nightmare.

“Are you sure Kenzo has been rescued?” Brielle wrapped her arms around his neck again, whispering close enough that her breath tickled his skin.

Max looked down, his eyelashes casting shadows on his cheeks as he murmured a subdued “Yeah.”

Brielle felt an overwhelming sense of relief. The fog grew thicker, to the point where even the ground beneath her feet was nearly obscured, wrapping the world in an ethereal haze.

Brielle would recount this episode to Aubree, she would mention she always felt as if they had been surrounded by chaos, unsure where heaven or earth

only two souls left.

they!

this brief, blissful moment was no more than a beautiful yet

the stream ahead gradually came

a steady gait, noticing that a group had gathered in a clearing up ahead, waiting. It seemed that the fog had been

the local clinic for stitches.

over Brielle, but

at Max’s suit jacket. “Put me down,

over the stones, so he kept an arm around her waist and

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was palpable, but nobody

the helicopter and sat beside her as it took off, rising

window, feeling a sense of loss. Was this return

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