“Yasmine, what about you?”

Yasmine confirmed that the rope was tied tightly and wiped the rain off her face.

“Me? What about me? You have no idea how important you are around here. If

anything happened to you, Boyd would skin me alive. You can’t die on my

watch.”

Saying these words, Yasmine couldn’t help but shiver all over, feeling an

unexpected chill in her heart amidst such a situation.

“I’ll lead the way. You follow.”

Serana nodded vigorously, her earlier trepidation replaced by a semblance of

relief. “Okay, okay.”

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She glanced at the rope around her waist, then lifted her eyes to look towards

the mountain through the rain. Confirming that her rope was in their hands, she

finally breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to the earlier nervousness and

caution, she now appeared much more relaxed.d2

A single rope brought about a profound psychological transformation in her. It

was precisely this change that caught her off guard when the unexpected

happened.

Serana’s movements, once cautious, had grown careless.

Since she refused to climb by herself, Jasmine had to move closer, bringing

them both near the precarious branch.

A sudden gust whipped through the trees, and the branch began to sway

violently.

Jasmine’s face turned a shade paler. Gripping the branch for dear life, she

bellowed, “Don’t move!”

the branch thrashing even

“Yasmine…”

as Yasmine’s body swayed

hand to grab onto Yasmine. In an

and let out

rope felt a sudden tug and, instinctively, they pulled with

resounding crack split the air

other end of the rope

Serana remained.

broken branch was still hanging there, but there was

body swaying

“Yasmine!!”

jolted from Bryson’s agonized cry, snapping

but the rain before

had cast a shadow over

would have it, their

Get down the hill and

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

this being the most viable

circumstances, they had allowed a young

disaster had struck.

to justify their actions to her family, their superiors,

weight of their failure

grew heavier, the

ominously clear, echoing the emptiness of an

rooted to the spot, her face

furious, brushed back

“You take her down the mountain. The rest

down there and find the missing

into action, Bryson dropping to the

legs, inching his way down

“Hey!”

me. Please, I’m begging

his strength.

down the slope.

Serana was escorted down the mountain, Ava, uneasy and

flashlight in hand, was

Ava paused, stepping aside to let them

by

her ascent, following the faint noises

the area,

the broken branch. Ava froze, then took

hearing noises from below.

in her mind, and she gripped the

Something terrible had happened.

of hesitation, she turned

at the orphanage, Serana was settled in

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