“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!”

branch thrashing even more

“Yasmine…”

watched as Yasmine’s body swayed violently, knowing there

one hand to grab onto Yasmine. In an

balance and let

felt a sudden tug

resounding crack split the air as

other end of the rope

Serana remained.

still hanging there, but there was no figure upon it.

head, his body swaying as he

“Yasmine!!”

agonized cry, snapping back to reality

the rain

of this very disaster had cast a shadow over the

have it,

Get down the hill and find

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

and this being the

they had allowed a young girl to take a risk, and

disaster had struck.

her family, their superiors, or the

the weight of their failure

grew heavier, the

echoing the emptiness

was rooted to the spot, her face ashen, her body

officer, frustrated and furious, brushed back

the mountain. The rest of you,

there and find the

dropping to the ground, supporting himself

out his legs,

“Hey!”

about me. Please, I’m

seemed to carry all his strength.

down the slope.

Serana was escorted down the mountain, Ava, uneasy and clad in a

a flashlight in hand, was

Serana, Ava paused, stepping aside to let them pass. She

by the uniformed figure carrying

she continued her ascent, following the faint

flashlight swept the area, landing on the

froze, then

hearing noises from below.

face flashed in her mind,

Something terrible had happened.

she turned and

Serana was settled in the infirmary when the

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