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.

led their teams back toward Percival’s last known location. However, before they could get close, a helicopter buzzed overhead, raining down bullets like

But unfamiliar with the terrain, the front

Leopold boosted their firepower and

Micah shouted into the mic, “Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above.

his useless headset, shouting to Soren, “Comms

the battle above, Soren knew staying meant

was to escape and return with

Soren vowed, “Captain, wait for my

without

headset crackled back to life with Micah’s

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

time to consider the consequences. They had to down

cursed and relayed the

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

the rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited further

his head hastily bandaged, relayed Percival’s location to Leopold, insisting

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

the sentiment. “Second squad,

to follow, dizziness from blood loss

back to report and heal. Or the captain

with a cane, stormed over,

our captain is still in there!” Leopold roared, defiance

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

“Look at your men. They’re heavily wounded, and their

“Get him

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

handset.

I told you to wait for satellite confirmation

the

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand by?” Soren

enraged voice came from the other side, “Bullshit! I’ve been shouting my throat dry, ordering

“Check the

realized it, too, and yelled for

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