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.

location. However, before they could

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

their firepower

mic, “Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above.

shouting to Soren, “Comms are

Soren knew staying meant certain death

escape and return with

“Captain, wait for my

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

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

Soren radioed, “HQ, Wolf’s comms are down. Send

consider the consequences. They had to

and

three squads swiftly ended the fight, downing

casualties among them, they

Percival’s location to Leopold, insisting they had to

rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. “First squad, anyone

the sentiment. “Second

dizziness from

report and heal. Or

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

our captain is still in there!” Leopold

him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there without

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

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

operator approached with urgent news. “Deputy

grabbed the handset. “This

you to wait for satellite

overheard the loud

enter the mine. When

the other side, “Bullshit! I’ve been

the

commander at HQ quickly realized it, too, and

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