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.

Percival’s last known location. However, before they could get close, a helicopter

terrain, the front squad often stumbled

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower

shouted into the mic, “Wolf, unidentified forces

Soren, “Comms

battle above, Soren knew

escape and return with

streaming, Soren vowed, “Captain, wait

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

outside, his headset crackled back to life with Micah’s voice urging

down. Send me

consequences. They had to

and

squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the

with casualties among them, they awaited

relayed Percival’s location to Leopold, insisting they had to go

them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. “First squad,

sentiment. “Second squad, with

dizziness from blood loss nearly overcame

and heal. Or the

with a cane, stormed over, nearly

captain is still in there!” Leopold roared, defiance written across his

his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way

They’re heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base, that’s

“Get him treated, then document everything about the mine.

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

the handset. “This

to wait for

the

from HQ to enter the mine. When were we

the other side,

Micah. “Check the comms

at HQ quickly realized it, too, and yelled for his men

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