Sylvia's POV:

Although we had managed to dig the upper part of Tom's body out of the mud, his bottom half was still trapped between boulders and collapsed trees.

With pursed lips, Rufus stood next to me and didn't say anything. Tugging at his sleeve anxiously, I whispered, "We can't just leave him like this. We need to find out what happened to Warren." Rufus finally nodded. "Just stand there. I'll be the one to pull him out."

"Let me help you." Just as I rolled my sleeves up to help Rufus move the boulder that was trapping Tom's body, Rufus stopped me.

"No need. I can do this by myself."

Sure enough, Rufus rolled the huge stone away, his muscles tense from the effort. It didn't take long before Tom was freed.

Tom feebly tried to pull himself out of the mud, but he soon collapsed, wincing in pain. "I'm too weak..."

to help him up. But before I could make a move, Rufus had already sprung into action and pulled Tom out of the mud. "Let's

need to check on Flora first. I'm worried about her. Why don't you take Tom

to look at me sternly. "No. I'm not

are not

interrupted our conversation.

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that he was dressed in luxury clothing. Juxtaposed against the muddy chaos all

life." Richard feigned a smile and walked towards Rufus. "My dear brother, do

with disdain. "Good. That means I can deal

didn't give a damn about Rufus' threat. "No matter how strong you think you are, you're vastly outnumbered,

at Richard. "Don't you ever worry that your father will find out about all the dirty tricks you've played? You've

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