“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 thrashing even

“Yasmine…”

swayed violently, knowing there was

to grab onto Yasmine. In an instant, Serana

her balance and let

the rope felt a sudden tug and, instinctively, they

resounding crack split the air as the

of the

Serana remained.

but there

Bryson’s head, his body swaying as he screamed,

“Yasmine!!”

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

but the rain

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

it, their worst

Get down the

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

intentions and this being the most viable rescue method

a young girl to

disaster had struck.

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

of

had fully descended. The rain grew heavier, the sound of

the emptiness of

the spot, her face ashen,

and furious, brushed back his

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

down there and find the missing

dropping to the

legs, inching

“Hey!”

me. Please,

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

down the slope.

mountain, Ava,

hand, was making

seeing Serana, Ava paused, stepping aside to let

by the uniformed

ascent,

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

froze, then took a

hearing noises from below.

flashed in her mind, and she

Something terrible had happened.

of hesitation, she turned and raced down the

settled in the infirmary when the

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