Never Too Far Novel

“Very well. We’ll be counting on you, then. That’s our only way out.”

Willow gave Jasper a worried look. She knew he was a capable man, but she couldn’t just calm down while he was going to take a risk. “Be careful. Don’t push yourself, alright?” she said.

“Trust me,” answered Jasper. He would never make empty promises. Anything he said he could do, he would do it. Jasper took off his coat, revealing a tight shirt. Everyone was surprised when they saw his muscles. They didn’t take Jasper as a muscular man.

Then, he started climbing the walls bare-handed. Even the places everyone thought couldn’t be scaled, he scaled them.

“What was his job before he became an archeologist? That’s unbelievable.”

The walls were about twenty feet tall, and Jasper had scaled half of it, but the closer he got to the exit, the harder it was to climb. Willow’s heart was beating fast, and her neck was getting sore, but she kept her eyes firmly on Jasper, her heart racing. “You can do it, Jasper,” Willow encouraged.

someone out there slammed a boulder down on his hand. Most people would reflexively

endured the pain and slithered out of the opening. As expected, he saw a panicked man outside; the very same man who tried to

his fist against the man’s face. Quickly, the lad slid down a slide and disappeared into the woods. He was a local, so he knew this

going after

applauded him, and someone said, “Miss Presgrave,

would just let them think that they were indeed a couple. “Yeah, he is.” There was a hint of worship in

boulder at the entrance was cleared out soon enough, courtesy of Jasper. Everyone was

their cars and left in a hurry. At the same time, they made up their minds to leave this island. Jasper’s

at the pier, Winston led everyone onto the ship. Everyone engaged in a small discussion and decided to say goodbye to the clan leader and leave. Then, they would decide on their next course

in a panic, “I left my laptop at my