“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!”

the branch thrashing

“Yasmine…”

watched as Yasmine’s body swayed violently,

to grab onto

and

felt a sudden tug and,

resounding crack split

end of the rope back,

Serana remained.

branch was still hanging there, but there

filled Bryson’s head, his body swaying as he

“Yasmine!!”

snapping back to reality only to

but the rain before

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

would have it, their worst

the hill

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

this being the

a young girl to take a risk,

disaster had struck.

her family, their superiors,

the weight of their failure was

rain grew heavier, the sound

clear, echoing the emptiness of

to the spot, her

police officer, frustrated and furious, brushed back his hair and

take her down the mountain. The

down there and find the

into action, Bryson dropping to the ground, supporting

stretching out his legs, inching his way

“Hey!”

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

seemed to carry all his strength. With a heavy sigh,

down the slope.

escorted down the mountain, Ava, uneasy and clad in

in hand,

aside to let

was intimidated by the uniformed

her ascent, following the faint

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

the broken branch. Ava froze, then took

hearing noises from below.

mind, and she

Something terrible had happened.

a moment of hesitation, she turned and

orphanage, Serana was settled in the infirmary

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