“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 even more

“Yasmine…”

swayed violently, knowing there

hand to grab onto Yasmine.

her balance and let

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

split the air as

pulled the other end of the rope back,

Serana remained.

branch was still hanging there, but there was no figure upon

head, his body swaying as he

“Yasmine!!”

cry, snapping back to reality only

the rain before

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

have it,

Get down the hill

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

and this being the most viable

a young girl to take a risk, and

disaster had struck.

justify their actions to her

the weight of their failure was

fully descended. The rain grew heavier, the sound of

echoing the emptiness of

the spot, her face ashen, her body shaking

officer, frustrated and furious, brushed back his

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

and

Bryson dropping to the ground, supporting

his legs, inching

“Hey!”

about me. Please, I’m begging

seemed to carry all his strength. With a

down the slope.

was escorted down the mountain, Ava, uneasy

flashlight in hand, was making

Ava paused, stepping aside to let them pass. She

but was intimidated by

her ascent,

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

the broken branch. Ava froze,

hearing noises from below.

pale face flashed in her mind, and she

Something terrible had happened.

of hesitation, she turned and raced down

Serana was settled

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