Under the heiress facade

Chapter 791

Seeing this, Everly panicked even more. She wanted Hera dead, but she certainly didn't want to die with her! She struggled as she tried to climb up Hera's body and reach the rope ladder. But Hera wasn't going to let her have her way. As the two fought, those above watched with hitched breaths.

"Captain Ludden, the situation doesn't look good. Requesting permission to go down and bring Ms. Hera up safely," one of the soldiers said into his earpiece.

Aaron responded, "Approved! You must bring her back safely!"

"Yes, sir!" Just as the soldier finished gearing up and prepared to descend, the rope holding both women suddenly snapped!

Their bodies fell, and Everly screamed in terror.

Hera seized the moment and kicked her away. She pulled out the dagger from her thigh and stabbed it into the cliff wall. It didn't hold at first, and after two or three tries, she finally wedged the blade into a crack in the rock, halting her fall.

the cliff was a distance away, and the rope the soldier was using wasn't long enough to reach her. Below

down and was

Aaron's panicked voice came through

rope is too short. Do you

her composed tone, Aaron couldn't help but admire her. Most people would be scared of falling off a cliff, but she was

call. Due to the secrecy of the operation, they hadn't deployed a helicopter. After Aaron gave the instructions, Hera asked,

her life was on the line, she was

minor injuries, Mrs. Jones is otherwise safe. A doctor is already attending to her," Aaron informed. "What's your

the dagger, which was starting to crumble. Her body was slowly slipping downward. A few feet below was the branch supporting Everly, which seemed sturdy for now, but if Hera fell onto

tell Grandma or Bernard about my situation," Hera said calmly. She didn't want them

dagger gave way, and Hera plummeted downward. "Hera!" Wayne shouted in alarm as he saw her fall, startling the birds in the nearby trees. Aaron, hearing the distant shout, froze