The moment the branch snapped, Yasmine’s heart skipped a beat as if she

were plummeting down a cliffside. But in that brief instant, she felt an odd sense

of relief.

At last, she could shake off Boyd and Serana, those two thorns in her side. Now,

she could breathe easy, no longer needing to trouble her mind over their drama.

It had been quite the headache dealing with them both.

Boyd would be pleased. Serana, the apple of his eye, was safe and Yasmine,

the heartless one, wouldn’t be a sore sight for him anymore.

She wasn’t a fool though. She wouldn’t gamble with her life just to play

matchmaker for them. In this moment, she was determined to survive at all

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costs.

Thankfully, it wasn’t a sheer cliff she was dealing with.

However, the fall from the tree to the mountain’s side was significant, and when

she landed, the impact sent a jolt through her body as if every organ had been

shattered. The pain was so intense, she couldn’t pinpoint where it hurt the

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As she slid down the mountain, the thick underbrush and brambles tore at her

clothes, now muddy and ripped. Instinctively, she reached for anything to steady

herself.

At first, her descent was too rapid, and each grasp at stability only led to more

sliding. After several attempts, she managed to slow down.

Finally, gripping a protruding rock, she steadied herself, but the rain had

loosened the stones, and before she could catch her breath, the rock split,

sending her sliding down once again.

washed soil down the mountainside, forming streams of

snapped and pebbles pelted her

her face, and her clothes were

with cuts of

fight

her pain, her strength waned. Though her speed

a handhold

bitter laugh escaping her lips in the midst

her life to

sounded like a

had she ever been the saintly

to

behind a noble reputation.

punctuated only by occasional flashes of

when she felt her body hanging in mid-air, she

more.

death’s embrace, but it was only a moment before she

her body wracked with the same

organs aching.

time, a metallic taste

her surroundings, revealing she

stretch of land—likely the base of the

a while, moving her limbs

the area. The rain

barely

her hand to shield them, lying

ever walk or

hurting,

would the cops. They lived

case. The question was whether she’d live to

an eternity, a light suddenly swept her

voice she recognized. “Yasmine?!”

moved her arm,

the person heard her. Yasmine

the light finally settled on

rushed over,

as she helped Yasmine

you really fall from the

her, “More like flew

the mud from her face,

to be the one to

back, “Did you

knows it better than me. If

worst place you could

managed a weak smile,

strength. The police and Bryson

there’s a cave nearby, hidden away. Let me take you

too heavy.”

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