The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 684

Faye didn’t even glance back, as if she hadn’t heard Thalassa’s plea. She quickened her pace and in no time, she was out of sight..

Once again, Thalassa was left alone and helpless.

She tried to get up, but the pain that shot through her sprained ankle was unbearable.

If she forced herself to walk, she might end up permanently damaging her leg.

With no other choice, she stayed put, hoping that someone else might come up the mountain.

But the sky was dark and heavy with storm clouds; occasional flashes of lightning streaked across the horizon. Night was closing in.

The chances of someone braving this weather to come up the mountain were slim to none.

She would have to wait out the night and hope for rescue in the morning.

her chest, resting her chin on top of them. She curled herself into a ball, thinking

and birds. Every now and then, the cry of a wild animal

and closer. Thalassa’s heart raced, and

there monkeys coming?

more in this thunderstorm weather. Also, their temperaments were unpredictable. They were also hostile to human beings.

than any snake or lizard. When monkeys attacked,

news story once, about a man who had been torn apart by a

Thalassa remembered the story, her heart was fraught with dread. She held

hopping from tree

over Thalassa. Her face got

branch and moved swiftly towards her. In her fear,

was unbearable!

thunderous boom echoed through the sky,

her ears. At that moment, she thought she was going to die.