Sylvia's POV:

It turned out that Richard had planned for this elaborately. He wanted to kill me and Rufus ' troops-but there was no way in hell I'd allow that to happen.

There was always a way out. I firmly believed that heaven would never seal off all the exits.

"What're you doing?" Peter wrung his hands anxiously. "Press the button already. That way, you might live. Do you think those people will be grateful to you for saving their lives by sacrificing yours? No! No one will know if you die here alone."

"I'm not pressing the button. Nothing you say will change my mind." I closed my eyes and tried to focus. I needed to calm down and rack my brains to find a way out.

Peter laughed angrily. "You still care about others at a time like this? If you press the button now, maybe it won't be too late. If the army arrives in fifteen minutes, then everything will be fine. There's still hope that you'll get out of this alive. Why are you giving up?"

I peeled my eyes open to sneer at him. "Do you really think everyone's as cold-hearted as you? Give up already. I refuse to gamble with the lives of the innocent." "Why, you-!" Peter lost his patience. He reached out his hand and yanked at the vine. "Press the button or die!"

But I didn't care. Instead, I used this as an opportunity to grab the

balance and fell on the ground. He nearly fell into the swamp. Unfortunately, he had reacted quickly and immediately let go of

awkwardly got back on his feet and shook his fist

shrugged. "Too bad I

the forbidden forest!" Peter took out his device and pressed hard on

forbidden forest would then rush over as soon as they received the signal. It

It was the first time

have to explain things when I get out of here. Damn it! This is all your fault. Go to hell, you bitch!" In a fit of rage, Peter threw

couldn't think straight. But the more

button was pressed, it'd immediately send out a distress signal and location to the army, which couldn't be cancelled. That meant

had sunk to my shoulders. My eyes darted all over the place, looking for a way out. I

thought suddenly occurred to

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