Her Majestic Battle Cry

Chapter 1260

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Violet saw how much weight Carissa had lost–she couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep.

Heart aching, she pulled Carissa into an embrace, pressing Carissa’s head onto her shoulder. ” Lean on me. If crying makes you feel better, then let it out.”

But Carissa suddenly shoved her away, scrambling to her feet and jumping over the stream. She ran a few steps forward, stopping at a tree.

Carved into the trunk of the tree was a clear and detailed orchid.

Carissa ran her fingers over the smooth lines of the flower, but her heart didn’t lift. While the blossom was complete, the condition of the tree and the carving itself suggested that this was the mark Travis and Kyle had found.

It was a discovery, but it was also like finding nothing at all.

After a moment of quiet contemplation, she spoke. “Vivi, why don’t you all head back down the mountain first? I’ll stay here and keep looking. Since there’s a mark here, there must be more further ahead.”

Violet gave her a light tap on the head. “What are you thinking? We’re in this together. If we leave, we leave together. If we stay, we stay together.”

“But our provisions are running out,” Carissa said.

wild fruit,” Violet reassured her. “I’m sure

was that, after so long in the mountains, they would run out of provisions. But there weren’t many wild fruits around, so survival now meant hunting rabbits and mountain chickens. And along the way,

beards sat in a small cave, gnawing on freshly roasted wild rabbit. Their clothes were covered in dirt and grease, and their hair was disheveled. They had just washed their beards in a nearby mountain spring, making them look a little less

took turns sleeping, ants would crawl onto their faces, nibbling at the scraps. Generally, the ants weren’t too bad, but when they

had brought along

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Chapter 1260

chewing, unable to hold back a curse. “Once we catch the

the skin, and you don’t want

at Rafael, who was still eating gracefully. His face was clearly dotted with more

and swollen. ” But scratching just makes it worse. Between pain and itch, I choose itch. This is also a good

whole face on his arm, feeling much

had been waiting here for ten days. Before that, they had been wandering around the mountains without much progress. Going down the mountain was too much trouble,

was ten days ago when they discovered the small cave. Below it, hidden by a tangle of dry grass, was

been bringing food down the mountain to the village. So, they snuck in

overheard a conversation that revealed the supply delivery was expected again in the next 10 to 15 days, at which point the hidden entrance to a tunnel would be opened. It was

actually a tunnel