Yvonne ran toward the hidden passage at Pivotage. Her eyes were red and filled to the brim with tears. As she ran, hot tears streamed into the air behind her.

Jace had spared her. He actually let her go!

Could this mean he truly was Hugh? Was his true self still intact, merely waiting for his past memories to awaken?

Her heart surged with a mixture of joy and disbelief. Without a second thought, she sprinted forward, desperate to find Bella and deliver both the evidence and this monumental news as soon as possible.

Emerging from the hidden passage, Yvonne navigated the overgrown and treacherous trails of the mountain, utterly alone.

Suddenly, her breath caught, and her body froze.

Blinding, white light beamed down from all directions, striking her slender, frail figure.

The glaring illumination pinned her to the center of an inescapable ambush.

Her heart thundered in her chest. Cold sweat drenched her pale, almost translucent face. The veins on the back of her hand bulged as she gripped her dagger tightly.

They carried high -powered flashlights, closing in on her step by step. The concentrated beams of light made the night as

was only one path left-she had to

with determination. She launched herself forward, her dagger slashing directly at an

strike was precise, executed with full force and

for a moment, stunned that such a seemingly fragile woman could possess

fell to the ground as

the opening, turning and fleeing with all her might. This might be

how many more were laying in ambush in the mountain, waiting to strike. But a gnawing sense of foreboding churned in her chest-that she might not make it

chance to escape. This was her sole opportunity

that no immediate pursuers appeared, Yvonne pulled the evidence from her

dagger to dig a small hole beneath a large tree, hurriedly

a cross-shaped mark on the tree trunk, then resumed

Bella answered, her voice slightly fatigued yet still

"Yvonne?"

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