Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

There were many tiny tree knots under the thick tree pole, which aided her in climbing up. She didn’t hesitate to climb the tree as she could not just sit there and watch the hatchling struggle in vain.

She stretched her hand to cling to the trunk quite awkwardly and stepped on the small knots to move upwards. Her heart skipped a beat when she glanced up to determine its position again. It seemed that she had to climb onto a diverged tree branch before reaching it.

“Little guy, give me a little more time, okay? I’ll be able to save you soon,” she spoke in a comforting voice while cautiously climbing upward. The branch was thick but had no vines between her position and the hatchling’s.

She had no choice but to climb to another higher branch; she needed to leverage herself to walk on a branch under the one she had set her sights on.

the branch above, slowly lowering her body and hugging the

so terrified

also slid down. ‘Ahhh-At once, she hugged the tree

feet for fear that she might hurt her bottom or sprain her foot. But then, she was stuck clinging to the tree pole. Now what? What should I

with a gymnast, and it was evident that she would

could only think of one single way to rescue herself from that situation-she must call for help. Hopefully, her cry could attract at kind passerby to come to her

me!” The damsel was

team that had just finished running was lining up on the sports field. Richard, the