“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!”

wind raged, the branch thrashing

“Yasmine…”

body swayed violently, knowing there was

herself, she freed one hand to grab onto Yasmine.

and let

felt a sudden

split

the other end of the rope back,

Serana remained.

was still hanging there, but there was no

head, his body

“Yasmine!!”

jolted from Bryson’s agonized cry, snapping back to reality only to

but the rain before

very disaster had cast a shadow over the day’s

it, their

the hill and find

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

best intentions and this being the most viable rescue

a young

disaster had struck.

to her family, their superiors, or the

weight of their

grew heavier, the

ominously clear, echoing the emptiness of

her face ashen, her body

frustrated and furious, brushed back his hair and paced

“You take her down the mountain. The rest of you, get

there and find

into action, Bryson dropping to the

stretching out his legs, inching his

“Hey!”

me. Please, I’m begging you,

his strength. With a

down the slope.

Serana was escorted down the mountain, Ava, uneasy

a flashlight in hand, was making her

paused, stepping aside to let them pass. She

intimidated by the uniformed figure carrying

continued her ascent, following the faint noises

Her flashlight swept the area, landing

branch. Ava froze, then took a few

hearing noises from below.

flashed in her mind, and

Something terrible had happened.

moment of hesitation, she turned

was settled in the infirmary when

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