“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 even more

“Yasmine…”

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

herself, she freed one hand to grab onto

her balance and let out

holding the rope felt a sudden tug and, instinctively, they pulled

crack split the air as

of the rope back, only a nearly

Serana remained.

hanging there, but there was no

body swaying as he screamed,

“Yasmine!!”

Bryson’s agonized cry, snapping back to reality

but the

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

would have it, their worst fears

down the hill and find

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

intentions and this being the most

a young girl to take

disaster had struck.

justify their actions to her family, their superiors, or

the weight of their failure was

descended. The rain grew heavier,

ominously clear, echoing the emptiness of

her face ashen,

brushed back his hair

the mountain. The rest of you, get

there and find the

sprang into action, Bryson dropping to the ground, supporting

legs,

“Hey!”

me. Please, I’m

carry all his strength. With a

down the slope.

was escorted down the mountain, Ava, uneasy and clad in

in hand, was

seeing Serana, Ava paused, stepping aside

intimidated by

her ascent,

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

the broken branch. Ava froze, then

hearing noises from below.

in her mind,

Something terrible had happened.

she turned and

Serana was settled in the infirmary

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