“Yes,” Tom confirmed with a nod. “Using the scraps of fabric and footprints you and Miss Reed left behind, I led the rescue team on a search. We happened to run into a villager who had a doctor in tow and I went up to them, asking whether they’d seen you and Miss Reed after showing them your photos. Surprisingly, the villager informed me that the both of you were put up in her home and she was bringing the doctor to attend to your injuries.”

Only the heavens knew how overwhelmed with relief Tom was when he saw the lake at the bottom of the mountain.

He knew that the trajectory of the fall from the cliff would be a straight line, based on the person’s weight, unless there was a landslide or a strong gust of wind that manipulated physics.

As such, when he came across the lake, he knew for sure that Toby and Sonia were still alive. Following that, he asked the rescue team to search the surrounding area for any trails or clues that Toby and Sonia could have left behind.

Sure enough, the team eventually found the fabric from her cloth. At that point, Tom was sure that she had intentionally left behind the fabric. From there, he traced their path to the cave where he came upon Sonia and Toby’s clothes, but they were gone.

It was then that he realized he was too late; Sonia and Toby had already left, so he urged the rest of the team to search the area surrounding the cave. At last, they managed to uncover footprints that led them to the missing duo.

After having heard the explanation, Toby slowly nodded in comprehension. “I see.”

Tom went on to add, “When we found you, you were running a high fever. If the villager hadn’t asked a doctor to attend to you in time, the fever might have...”

The fever might have caused some serious damage. Tom had left this unsaid, but Toby more or less picked up on it.

He gave Tom a withering look and drawled icily, “The villager might have found me a doctor, but Sonia was the one who saved my life. She carried me down the mountain in time before you and your team arrived; heaven knows how long that would have taken.”

Upon hearing this, Tom opened his mouth and closed it again, suddenly at a loss for words. He knew Toby had a point. If Sonia hadn’t found the villager in time, Tom and the rescue team would have arrived to find Toby delirious from the fever.

He distinctly remembered the villager telling him that Sonia was carrying Toby on her back when she asked for help. Toby had already passed out by then and she was so drained from carrying him that she collapsed in exhaustion.

that moment, Tom finally understood why they had only found a single set of footprints on the mountain

spoken out of turn, President Fuller,” Tom admitted sheepishly and apologetically bowed

brush this incident off. “Have you thanked

“I have,” Tom answered.

Toby added, “There was a driver who helped us as well and I’d like to thank him for it.” With that,

Tom took down the number, he asked, “President Fuller, how exactly

taken up the mountains and he bravely stopped Declan and

nod. “I’ll have someone look for him after

and his men get caught?” Toby pressed, his eyes narrowing into dangerous

Fuller, but he escaped. The chopper that he boarded apparently had aviation clearance to fly out of Seafield, but ours took off from the helipad atop the company building at the very last minute, so we couldn’t make

border-crossing, but the same couldn’t be said for flying. There had to be an aviation clearance for all flights into and out of a specific city or a district. If the aircraft wasn’t authorized to fly out of Seafield, then the military could be deputized

to go after Declan. He merely pressed his lips into a grim line and asked darkly,

our men to Westsanshire and even contacted the military there, but it seems that Declan’s aircraft didn’t enter the Westsanshire airspace. My guess is that he flew out of Seafield and

contact the air force from other districts and cities? Any foreign aircrafts that enter their airspace would

pushing his glasses. “Old Master Fuller was the reason why my request for the Westsanshire military to contact other air force bases was approved in the first place. However, the answer that the Westmanshire military received from all the other bases was the same: Declan’s aircraft was not detected within their respective airspace, which

paranormal forces are at work here. How does a chopper just go missing like that? I think it’s highly possible that Declan parachuted off the chopper the moment he flew out of Seafield, which explains why his aircraft was

Tom looked grave as he said, “Assuming that he parachuted off the chopper,

Toby was dead or alive at this rate, Declan knew that the Fullers would

all the inbound as well as outbound flights for all

straightened up. “Yes, sir. I’ll

turned and walked toward the door, but he had only just opened it when his gaze met Sonia’s. Her hand was in mid-air,

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