You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 2084: Unfortunately, We Met Too Late

"Go!" Joyce commanded in a low voice.

At the same time, she fired her gun, creating an opportunity for the man to quickly get up and run to the right. In an instant, he was hidden behind a rock. After emptying her handgun, Joyce also darted behind a large rock next to Clint. She was panting heavily, having expended too much energy.

She was exhausted.

Clint's voice was tense, "Are you hurt?"

Born into royalty and wielding power, he had experienced many intrigues but never gunfire.

"No, don't jinx me," Joyce moved to lean against the big rock. She needed to rest. Her heart was racing, her body tense. She closed her eyes and kept breathing heavily.

The two large rocks were very close, almost touching.

Clint wanted to get closer to Joyce to see if she was really uninjured.

Hearing the movement, Joyce's eyes snapped open. "Don't come over."

Clint froze; she was so resistant to him.

"If you don't want to die, stay put," Joyce warned him. "If you move, the sniper will shoot. He has night vision goggles. There's a gap between the two rocks behind us. From your position, he can't aim at you. From mine, he can. But if you move closer, they'll shoot through the gap and hit you."

Clint frowned.

By now, his reinforcements should have arrived. But they were trapped here; Hirota had sent more than one sniper from multiple directions to finish them off.

"Rest for a bit," she said. "They won't fire for now."

"I don't have night vision goggles; I can't snipe from a distance. Our only option is to wait until dawn."

"Okay," Clint said no more.

"Cough cough," the night wind made him cough. His illness hadn't healed, and today had drained his energy. He needed rest.

spoke again;

how

heard a rustling sound-an unusual

turned toward it and

the left. He suddenly remembered that although she wasn't injured, she had someone else's blood on her. The snake must have been attracted by the scent of blood. In the darkness, under the moonlight, it

Joyce sensed it too.

but couldn't make a

about to move, she quickly whispered, "Don't move. If

could vaguely see

What if it's venomous?" Clint's eyebrows knitted tightly as

Joyce's voice trembled; she was actually very scared. This disgusting creature induced a physical fear in her. She watched helplessly as the snake crawled onto her arm and coiled around her shoulder, raising its head as

couldn't move; moving meant

Her heart tightened sharply.

its head, Joyce closed her

moment, she felt like her

came to her neck as

a gust of

eyes abruptly and saw Clint's hand reaching over,

out, Clint withdrew his hand and flung the snake

and hit a branch not far from them, shattering it into pieces that flew

move again! Get

rained down again from behind them, sending shards of rock flying over their

held his breath and leaned against the rock without moving

the gunfire ceased and silence returned around

her head to scold him, "You're crazy! If it were

snake must have been venomous; if it bit you, you wouldn't make it until dawn." He

of restraint in his voice-along with hoarseness

you get shot?" she

Got hit in the arm;

Didn't hit

deny it;

his back.