“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!”

The wind raged, the branch thrashing even more fiercely.

“Yasmine…”

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

on herself, she freed one hand to grab onto Yasmine. In an instant, Serana also

lost her balance and let out a scream.

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

their might. A resounding crack split the air as the branch snapped.

When they finally pulled the other end of the rope back, only a nearly catatonic

Serana remained.

The broken branch was still hanging there, but there was no figure upon it. A

buzzing filled Bryson’s head, his body swaying as he screamed, heart-rending,

“Yasmine!!”

Serana jolted from Bryson’s agonized cry, snapping back to reality only to find

nothing but the rain before her.

The fear of this very disaster had cast a shadow over the day’s hopes. And as

would have it, their worst

Get down the

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

and this being the most

a young girl to

disaster had struck.

her family, their superiors, or the

of

descended. The rain grew

the

the spot, her face

furious, brushed back his hair and paced

orders, “You take her down the

there and

dropping to

legs, inching

“Hey!”

worry about me. Please,

to carry all his strength. With a

down the slope.

the mountain, Ava, uneasy and clad in

a flashlight in hand, was making

Serana, Ava paused, stepping aside to let them pass.

but was intimidated by the uniformed

continued her ascent, following the faint noises to

swept the area, landing on the rope on

broken branch. Ava froze,

hearing noises from below.

pale face flashed in her mind, and she gripped the flashlight

Something terrible had happened.

hesitation, she turned

was settled in

her. Boyd was there too, with a bandage wrapped

forehead.

not fully composed, was curled up under the

clothes,

she burst into tears at the sight

“Boyd…”

sight of the bruises

he hit you?”

and pain

ordeal to Boyd.

voice calm. “It’s over now.

will come out after the investigation,

now on. Stop crying,

Serana reached up to wipe her tears, she winced in pain from her

comforted her gently,

safe now. That’s

Nodding weakly, Serana agreed.

tell the police

The more we know, the

at the memory, her

intervened, “She’s still shaken. Can’t this wait until

then conceded, “Rest

you’re ready.”

“Does it have

gathered his notebook and pen,

or the day after. But that doesn’t mean I

candle at

no matter how hard we slog,

a kid barely in her teens take a

They might as

quite grasp the full weight of his words, nor did he

that Serana

out a weary sigh, looking at Serana with a

ball, got too caught up in cooperating with the investigation. I

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