The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 489

With a creased map in hand, Percival trekked alongside Soren to a nearby abandoned mine.

At the mine’s entrance, they stumbled upon a covert mark of White Tiger etched into the rock face, its meaning unclear yet undeniably significant. And there, scattered nearby, lay a cache of critical documents belonging to CK.

“Base, this is Soren. We’ve found the mark,” Soren hollered into his headset.

A different voice crackled back, not Micah’s as expected, but that of the HQ commander. “Copy that. Proceed underground.”

Exchanging a glance, Percival and Soren strapped on their oxygen masks and descended into the bowels of the earth.

Markers bearing White Tiger’s emblem appeared sporadically along the mine’s tunnels—faded, but a trail they could follow nonetheless.

As they ventured deeper, the air grew thin, and a faint, metallic scent of blood wafted from the depths.

Suddenly, a clod of earth tumbled from directly above Percival.

“Run!” Percival barked, his eyes dark with urgency.

With lightning reflexes, Soren signaled to the team behind them, and the third squad retreated in a disciplined dash toward the exit.

Then, a thunderous collapse echoed from behind Soren.

“Captain!” He yelled.

“Get out of here. That’s an order!” Percival’s voice crackled through the headset as Soren could only glimpse his silhouette through the narrowing gaps in the debris.

“Captain, I’ll get you out!” Soren halted along with a few others.

Percival’s voice was icy. “Get lost. After you’re out, find Vivienne!”

Leopold and Thomas, sensing the gravity of the situation, called out, “Captain, report your status!”

“Mine… Collapse… Get out…”

Percival’s voice faded into static.

last known location. However, before they could get close,

unfamiliar with the terrain, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels, with some

boosted their firepower and

into the mic, “Wolf, unidentified

his useless headset, shouting to Soren, “Comms are jammed. There’s a signal blocker

Soren knew staying meant certain death for

only chance was to escape and return

“Captain, wait for

the mine, though not without injuries—broken limbs and, for Soren,

back to life with Micah’s voice urging Wolf

Soren radioed, “HQ, Wolf’s comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the

They had to down the helicopters to cut

and relayed

ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they

relayed Percival’s location to

the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger

echoed the sentiment. “Second squad, with

to follow, dizziness

“Go back to report and heal. Or the

stormed over, nearly collapsing. “Everyone,

still in there!” Leopold roared, defiance

him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried

firm. “Look at your men. They’re heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base,

and took Soren from Thomas. “Get him treated, then document everything about the

with urgent news. “Deputy director, it’s the

handset.

for

overheard the

mine. When were

the other side,

“Check the

too, and yelled

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