“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

Get down the

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes!”

Panic ensued among them.

this being the most viable

circumstances, they had allowed a young girl to take a risk,

disaster had struck.

her family, their superiors, or the

of their

descended. The rain grew heavier, the

the emptiness of an

was rooted to the spot, her

brushed back his

orders, “You take her down the mountain. The rest

down there and find the missing

into action, Bryson dropping

out his legs, inching

“Hey!”

worry about me. Please,

all his strength. With a heavy sigh, he

down the slope.

the mountain, Ava, uneasy and clad

in hand, was making her way

paused, stepping aside to let them

but was intimidated by

she continued her ascent, following the faint

incident. Her flashlight swept the area, landing

branch. Ava froze, then took a few steps

hearing noises from below.

mind,

Something terrible had happened.

hesitation, she turned

settled in the

Boyd was there too, with a

forehead.

fully composed, was

breath. Now in dry clothes,

burst into tears

“Boyd…”

sight of the bruises on her face.

he hit you?”

floodgates of Serana’s fear and pain burst

ordeal to Boyd.

inhaled deeply, trying to keep his voice calm. “It’s over now. I

away. The details will come out after the

be safe from now on. Stop crying,

up to wipe her tears, she winced

comforted her gently, “Thank goodness

now.

Nodding weakly, Serana agreed.

director continued, “Can you tell the

know, the easier it’ll be for them

cringed at the

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

“Rest up, I’ll

you’re ready.”

was visibly irritated. “Does

his notebook and pen, sighing,

day after. But that doesn’t mean

burning the candle at

case, no matter how hard we slog, we’re in

in her teens take a risk to

going south? They might as well kiss

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

Serana

sigh, looking at

up in cooperating with the

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