“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

“Yasmine…”

swayed

she freed one hand to grab onto Yasmine. In an

balance and let out

a sudden tug and, instinctively, they

crack split the air

they finally pulled the other end of the rope back, only

Serana remained.

hanging there, but there was

head, his body

“Yasmine!!”

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

but the rain before

cast a

have it,

the hill and find

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

intentions and this being the most viable

circumstances, they had allowed a young girl to

disaster had struck.

actions to her family, their superiors,

of their failure was

had fully descended. The rain grew heavier,

echoing the emptiness of an

the spot, her face ashen, her body shaking

brushed back his

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

there and find the missing

Bryson dropping to the ground, supporting himself

and stretching out his legs, inching

“Hey!”

worry about me. Please, I’m begging you,

all his strength.

down the slope.

was escorted down the mountain, Ava,

a flashlight in hand, was

seeing Serana, Ava paused, stepping aside

by the uniformed

her ascent, following the

Her flashlight swept the area, landing on

and the broken branch. Ava froze,

hearing noises from below.

flashed in her mind, and she gripped the flashlight

Something terrible had happened.

of hesitation, she turned

the orphanage, Serana was settled

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