Chapter 168
Did Stephan ask that because he found something?
Felicia’s heart skipped a beat. Distracted, she lost sight of her footing and stepped onto a slick rock, sending her body plunging downward once again.
To make things worse, the vine she had been holding tightly couldn’t bear the weight this time and snapped right out of the rock crevice.
As she felt herself falling, she clung desperately to Stephan’s hand, unaware that the sudden downward pull had also yanked him off balance, causing them both to fall.
A massive spray erupted from the waterfall’s pool below. The relentless current instantly swept the two tightly entwined figures out of sight.
“They… They got washed away…”
Lucas, trembling with fear, peeked over the edge of the cliff before shrinking back. No one responded to his heartbroken whisper, only a small, anxious white puppy at his feet, pacing in circles. He finally couldn’t hold it in and burst into tears.
In the distance, several beams of light moved quickly through the forest, accompanied by hurried footsteps. Charles had finally arrived at the back of the mountain with his people. “Lucas!”
“Grandpa! Waaah!”
Lucas ran to Charles, sobbing.
Charles held him tightly. Some sharp-eyed villagers spotted Shawn sprawled out nearby, covered in blood and unmoving. They were unsure if he was dead or alive.
“Where’s Felicia? Where did she go?”
Amid his tears, Lucas tried to
recount what had just happened but after the shocks he had endured that day, he was crying too hard to explain clearly, speaking in broken, jumbled fragments.
Charles and the other villagers managed to catch one crucial detail-Felicia had fallen off the cliff! “What? She fell off the cliff?”
A chill ran through everyone’s heart.
The base of this cliff was a fierce, rapid waterfall. Even if she were uninjured, the strong current would have swept her away, and if she hit a rock along the way, the
consequences could be fataver
She might not make it out alive!
Charles slapped his thigh in distress, disregarding Shawn, who lay near death on the ground, and immediately rallied the young men in the village, shouting, “Find her! Hurry!” That night, everyone in Alverton was in an uproar. They were frantically searching for Felicia without time to rest.
Lucas was safe, but Felicia was missing.
News of the incident quickly spread.
Everyone in Alverton held her in high regard, partly because they sympathized with the hardships she had endured in her youth and partly because her financial investments had fueled the village’s development, allowing every household to earn more money.
While there were practical reasons for this gratitude, Charles would have organized the search regardless.
Except for the elderly and children, everyone in the village was out with flashlights, scouring the riverbanks for Felicia.
Others who received the news included Arnold and Kayla.
Kayla was nearly ecstatic! Felicia had fallen off a cliff and was swept away by the river? What wonderful news! There’s no way she could survive this, right?
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