Winnie tried her best to find out what was happening outside the bush but got nothing, for her ears were still buzzing because of the loud explosion.

Not only that, but she was also feeling dizzy.

When she tried to contact the others with her earpiece, she realized she had lost it. I must’ve dropped it when I jumped out of the car.

Only after resting on the ground for a few seconds could she hear properly again.

The first thing Winnie heard was Rachel groaning in pain beside her.

“Rach!” Worried that Rachel could be injured, Winnie hurriedly crawled over to the woman.

When Winnie saw Rachel lying face down on the floor, she immediately turned the latter over to prevent suffocation.

However, Rachel was unconscious. Even though she was groaning, her eyes were shut. Besides moaning in pain, she could only indistinctly mutter the names of her loved ones.

Winnie could not help but frown in distress as she looked at the frail and piteous Rachel, whose cheek felt shockingly hot when Winnie reached out to touch it.

Even though Winnie knew Rachel probably could not hear or understand her, she promised the latter in a firm tone anyway, “Don’t worry, Rach. I’ll take you to a doctor soon, and everything will be okay. Trust me. It won’t be long before you see your father and brother again!”

With that, Winnie pulled out a dagger from her military boot and began cutting the grass near her.

The woman knew she had to get ready to fight because Zyon and the others were still around. On top of that, she had no idea if Jacinta and Xavier were even alive.

Since she could not leave Rachel exposed like that, she decided to cover her with grass.

After that, Winnie quickly removed the thatch in front of her to see what was going on on the road.

However, as soon as she revealed half of her head, a bullet flew past her cheek.

Winnie instantly felt as if the side of her face had been set on fire. Unsurprisingly, she found blood all over her hand after touching the wound.

“D*mn it!” the woman could not help but curse as she stared at the crimson blood on her hand. They got my face!

Still, she did not have the luxury of worrying about her appearance. She intended to move to the side where the ground was lower and the bushes thicker. That spot would be more suitable for stealth and sneak attacks.

Just when she was about to get into a half-squat position and make a move, two people suddenly jumped down to her side.

With her quick reflexes, Winnie instantly reacted by pressing the barrel of her gun against one of the mysterious people.

The other party had decent reflexes as well. She spoke the second Winnie’s gun was pointed at her. “Don’t shoot, Ms. Garland! It’s me.”

Winnie immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Greta’s voice, so she looked up and realized that the two people who landed beside her were none other than Greta and Jacinta.

Looking at her unscathed grandmother, Winnie was rid of half her worries.

The woman then quickly pressed Jacinta down on the ground, afraid her grandmother would get hurt by a bullet. “Keep your head down, Granny. We’re not out of the woods yet.”

“Okay!” responded Jacinta with a nod. However, she got anxious as soon as she noticed the blood on Winnie’s face. “You’re bleeding, Winnie! You’re hurt!”

as well because I’ve already hidden her. What about…” Winnie sounded calm, but the concern in her eyes clearly

your grandmother back then, so I jumped out with her. As for the others, I didn’t pay much attention. However, I know my man and the others are fighting Zyon’s men

Is he

bad we don’t have our earpiece anymore. Otherwise, we could’ve contacted him. Hey, don’t you have your

don’t have it; I left it in the car,” responded

hiding in a bush somewhere like

to comfort Winnie, but she regretted her words as soon as they left her mouth. Why the heck did

she hurriedly added, “That’s not what I meant, Ms.

up before Greta

and Jacinta then swiftly reached out to grab Winnie and questioned in unison, “What

grasping her arm, Winnie could not

go of me. I need to find

objected to the plan straight away. “Do you know how dangerous it is

to find Xavier now. I have no idea how he is, so I can’t waste

letting her granddaughter go. “You might be shot dead if you go out! Don’t you see that you’re already hurt? Please don’t go, Winnie. I’m begging you! You’re

“No, I don’t want to break your

others out there, aren’t there?” Jacinta refused to let Winnie leave

more than to see me when you’re feeling hopeless. Xavier is a living and breathing

that said, Winnie rushed out of

the woman ordered Greta before

that!” Greta then immediately

he and his

act more proactively because they had more freedom of movement on the wide terrain. Hence, it did not take long for Winnie to reach Mason

find Xavier as soon as

by pointing to the left side. “I think he jumped

heard that, she dived into the overgrown plants mentioned

about the sharp blade-like grass cutting her cheeks because minor wounds like that were nothing compared

that they almost blocked Winnie’s vision completely. She

and large

she saw how much blood there was. “Xavier?

on the ground said nothing in response,

so she instinctively took that slight movement as a signal

black shirt was riddled with holes because of how sharp the grass was, revealing

the man’s left hand suggested

severely injured man, Winnie

here now,” uttered the woman as she quickly put her gun

the person over, only

the man in her arms was

a black shirt and had a bandaged left hand, simply looked like Xavier from

was going on when she got a good look at the stranger. If this person is neither my people nor Xavier’s,

wanted to draw her weapon, but the stranger was quicker than her. He probably planned this because he

Winnie could react, the stranger had already gotten

hands tightly around Winnie’s throat with a grimace, seemingly ready to choke

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