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.

and Thomas led their teams back toward Percival’s last known location. However, before they could

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

Leopold boosted their

shouted into the mic, “Wolf,

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

above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

escape

vowed, “Captain, wait for my

narrowly escaped the mine, though not without injuries—broken limbs and,

crackled back to life with Micah’s voice urging Wolf

Wolf’s comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile

to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut

cursed and

fight, downing

rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

Percival’s location to Leopold, insisting they had

voice a mix of

sentiment.

turned to follow, dizziness from

and

with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. “Everyone, back to base

still in there!” Leopold roared,

only his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let

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

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

news. “Deputy director,

the handset. “This

this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before

the loud

to enter the mine. When were

other side, “Bullshit! I’ve

“Check the

it, too, and yelled

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