“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!”

raged, the branch

“Yasmine…”

watched as Yasmine’s body swayed violently, knowing there was

one hand to grab onto Yasmine. In an instant, Serana

her balance and

felt a sudden tug and, instinctively, they

crack split the air as

of the rope back, only a nearly

Serana remained.

branch was still hanging there, but there was no figure

filled Bryson’s head, his body

“Yasmine!!”

snapping

but the rain before

this very disaster had cast a shadow over the

would have it, their worst

Get down the hill and find

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

best intentions and this being the most viable rescue method

circumstances, they had allowed a young

disaster had struck.

to justify their actions to her family, their superiors, or

of their failure was

descended. The rain grew heavier, the

echoing the emptiness of

to the spot, her face ashen,

furious, brushed

“You take her down the mountain. The

and find

Bryson dropping to the ground, supporting himself

hands and stretching out his legs, inching his way down the

“Hey!”

me. Please, I’m

all his strength.

down the slope.

down the mountain, Ava,

hand, was making

aside to let

was intimidated by the uniformed figure

ascent,

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

broken branch. Ava froze, then took a

hearing noises from below.

her mind, and

Something terrible had happened.

she turned and raced

orphanage, Serana was settled in the infirmary when

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