When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 642

A reactionary creature like this was even more fearful when it sprang into action.

It’s going to get Tessa! I hastily picked up the branch I’d spotted earlier on the ground and jabbed its sharp side at the snake.

Thankfully, that single thrust pierced through the snake’s mid-section and successfully pinned it down.

Its head and tail, however, remained wriggling furiously.

Tessa was still recovering from her fright. Anger and shock coursed through her, forming a volatile mix of emotions.

She picked up the stone that Tabitha had flung away earlier, then brought it crashing firmly down on the snake’s head.

Its head thus maimed; the snake seemed to be caught in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently crushed it with a few successive blows.

Blood splattered everywhere. Tessa only stopped, satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced to bits of mangled flesh.

The other girls looking on turned a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s getting late, and we should get moving.”

As we slowly forged our way forward, we managed to pick quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain was ancient and teeming with rich, bountiful wildlife.

spring, we’d settle down to eat and drink. No

fruit, resembling

Nora panted. The near-constant rate of trekking had left her

tossed a few down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible. We can

good plan. We quickly ascended the tree after Tabitha. Tessa, however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along the way and was no longer as

it her best shot. Being rather plump and short, however, climbing naturally posed

attempts but gave up after a while. Laurel was resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking up the fruits we lobbed her

perched leisurely on the branches. She greedily ate any fruits she’d managed

She’d sensibly

terrified at the thought of having to face another snake. She wildly surveyed her surroundings, then took another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That made me nervous! Let me eat another

helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in

aloof at the side. Looking down, Nora observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we got here! Did killing

shrugged in

you talking about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking the fruits,

they wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can be so flippant about things sometimes! I fumed to

besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree. We even took the few that weren’t yet ripe to be consumed later on

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