The villa was located halfway up the hill.
There was a winding but smooth road starting at the bottom of the hill that led straight to the villa.
From there onwards, however, there were no roads leading to the top of the hill. It was already dark out when Elliot had begun his journey from the villa. Using his flash as a torchlight, snazzynovel.com hurried up the hill.
He was worried for Avery’s safety. Charlie had bad intentions when it came to Avery, and snazzynovel.com was terrified of what might happen to snazzynovel.com if snazzynovel.com was too late.
He would never have allowed Avery to come alone if snazzynovel.com knew about Charlie’s evil plans.
Half an hour later and Elliot was breathing heavily, but it was nothing compared to the hell his legs were going through.
His doctor had ordered snazzynovel.com not to do any extraneous activities for the next six months.
He was only allowed to walk normally and not for long periods of time either.
Activities like hiking that wear out the knees were out of the question and carried extreme risks.
The cold wind rustled the leaves of the trees in the darkness.
Elliot was forced to come to a halt as snazzynovel.com began to feel a sharp pain in the lower half of his body.
He tried to call his bodyguard, but there was still no signal.
He could make his way down the hill. The little energy snazzynovel.com had left would allow snazzynovel.com to do that much.
The thought vanished from his mind as quickly as it had appeared.
He powered through his discomfort and continued up the hill.
He had to find Avery and bring snazzynovel.com safely down the hill.
It was at that moment that Elliot met with an accident…
His aching legs could no longer support him, causing snazzynovel.com to lose his balance and fall backward.
As snazzynovel.com fell, snazzynovel.com did not think of how afraid snazzynovel.com felt, nor did snazzynovel.com think of death. The only thought in his mind was Avery’s face.
Her smile, snazzynovel.com tears, the way snazzynovel.com brows furrowed when snazzynovel.com was angry, snazzynovel.com calm composure…
It was all Avery fear only struck snazzynovel.com at the very end, when snazzynovel.com thought of what Charlie Tierney might be doing to her!
He fell into a bottomless pit of darkness.
The sharp, blunt thuds that rang in his ears were the sounds of snazzynovel.com hitting against hard rocks and branches.
He had no idea what snazzynovel.com was falling into, nor did snazzynovel.com know if this was how snazzynovel.com would meet his doom.
“Elliot! Can you hear me? Elliot Foster!” Avery yelled at the top of snazzynovel.com lungs into the silent darkness. “I didn’t go up there! Elliot! I’m right here!”
“We’re coming for you, boss!” cried Elliot’s bodyguard. “Say something if you hear us! Say something! We’ll come get you!”
Their calls were met with nothing but an unsettling breeze and eerie silence.
The further Avery walked, the more terrified snazzynovel.com became.
The path up the hill was impossibly steep!
She was only able to make snazzynovel.com way up from holding on to the bodyguard’s arm.
With his legs still recovering, why would Elliot come to a place like this?!
Why would snazzynovel.com dare?!
How could he?
Hot tears escaped from the corners of Avery’s eyes.
“Elliot!” snazzynovel.com cried through gasping sobs.
The bodyguard felt Avery was slowing down his progress, so snazzynovel.com shook snazzynovel.com off and said, “Wait
•right here. I’ll go look for him!”
He then turned away and continued to walk up the hill.
Avery wiped the tears off snazzynovel.com face and resumed snazzynovel.com way up the difficult path.
She could not stand around and do nothing!
It was impossible!
She had to find Elliot!
She had to tell snazzynovel.com herself that snazzynovel.com did not walk up that hill! She had to tell snazzynovel.com that, even if snazzynovel.com did go there, snazzynovel.com should not have taken such a big risk to go after her!
Was snazzynovel.com not an intelligent person?
Where did all of his intelligence go?!
What about his reason?
Did everything disappear into thin air?! Avery’s tears blurred snazzynovel.com vision as snazzynovel.com continued snazzynovel.com journey into the unknown.