“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

“Yasmine…”

swayed

she freed one hand to grab onto Yasmine. In an instant,

her balance and let out a

rope felt a sudden tug and, instinctively, they pulled

split the air as the branch

finally pulled the other end of

Serana remained.

branch was still hanging there, but there was

filled Bryson’s head, his body swaying as

“Yasmine!!”

cry, snapping

but the

disaster had cast a shadow over the day’s hopes.

would have it, their worst fears

down the hill and find

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

their best intentions and this being the most viable

a young girl to

disaster had struck.

actions to her family, their superiors, or the

weight of their failure was

The rain grew heavier, the sound

clear, echoing the

was rooted to the spot, her

frustrated and furious, brushed back

her down the mountain. The rest

down there and find the missing

into action, Bryson dropping to the

his legs, inching

“Hey!”

about me. Please, I’m begging

his strength.

down the slope.

down the mountain, Ava, uneasy and clad in

a flashlight in hand, was making her way

aside to let

intimidated by the

passed, she continued her ascent,

of the incident. Her flashlight swept the area, landing on the

the broken branch. Ava froze, then took

hearing noises from below.

face flashed in her mind, and she gripped

Something terrible had happened.

moment of hesitation, she turned and raced down

settled in the infirmary when the

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