You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 2085: Joining Forces

Joyce continued to rest with her eyes closed as time slowly passed. Clint took out the satellite communicator, but there was still no signal. He discarded it since it was now useless. Dawn seemed a long way off.

Meanwhile, Luther and Darrin had already joined the main forces of the Imperial Household Agency. Although they couldn't communicate, they had prearranged a rendezvous point before the mission. The Yoshikawa family's guards were temporarily suppressed, with many captured alive, but they couldn't locate the snipers or determine their numbers. They had to proceed cautiously and avoid large-scale movements.

When Darrin saw Grizela return with her team, he was surprised. "You're back. Where's the young marshal?"

"I'm looking for her too. We got separated in the thick smoke. I thought she was near me because I kept hearing her gunshots, but later I realized she wasn't behind me," Grizela said, feeling guilty. "I'm sorry, we didn't complete the mission or find the young marshal."

Luther feared this would happen and felt a splitting headache. "She has a poor sense of direction. Which way did she likely go?"

Grizela thought for a moment. "If she didn't go with us, she might have headed east."

"The east leads to the cliff top," Reuben said as he emerged from his guards. "It's a dead end, a cliff. We should send people to support her immediately."

Seeing Reuben and hearing his familiar voice, Grizela was startled and knelt down excitedly. "Your Highness, you're safe! I thought I'd never see you again."

"Stand up and speak; the ground is full of stones," Reuben said as he quickly helped Grizela up. "I'm fine."

Grizela nodded.

Darrin added, "She almost committed seppuku thinking you were in grave danger, but I stopped her in time."

Reuben was taken aback and scolded, "How could you think of doing something so foolish? Even if something happened to me, I want you all to be safe. My plan included sending you away; you shouldn't stay here."

follow you for life. If you stay, I stay; if you leave,

thanked Darrin, "Thank you for stopping her. It was

southwest. So we sent the young marshal and Grizela to support that direction. We didn't expect to find Your Highness instead. If the young marshal went to the eastern cliff top, it'll be hard

some time while we deal with the

Darrin nodded.

received news and came to discuss it with Luther. "A group has arrived; they're from the Crown Prince's side. It seems he

will help us quickly eliminate

what if after we subdue them, the Crown Prince's men turn on us?" Grizela warned cautiously. "I don't trust them; the Crown Prince is known for

like that now. Joyce is likely with Clint; we must do everything to rescue her. Clint must also be safe;

Grizela replied but remained

thing; our common enemy

and acted

awaited news as gunfire echoed

now, but Joyce's whereabouts were unknown, leaving him

About two hours later.

returned with

Warner, we've

guards. Clint's team captured

two people are at the eastern cliff top behind large rocks-one of them has excellent marksmanship, making it impossible for

firepower suppression. I sushee

it's

problem is Hirota dispatched several snipers whose exact number and locations are unknown-they don't recognize each other or have any contact and won't retreat until their mission is complete. They carry no communicators; even if we restore communication, we can't call off their mission. We don't know their hiding spots

darkened as he realized Joyce had found Clint and they were now hiding on the mountaintop surrounded by unknown snipers