Chapter 27.

I jumped from the tree and landed in a standing stance on the ground. I crouched down and descended the thirty-meter-deep chasm, my hands clutching the surrounding branches.

"Lavanya," I shouted. No answer. I panicked at the thought of Lavanya possibly fainting.

The river is twenty meters from the ravine. But rarely do people come to the river in winter.

I've arrived below. I couldn't find Lavanya anywhere, and I just realized I didn't smell her.

I swallowed hard and didn't let any negative thoughts arise in my brain.

I looked for Lavanya and shouted her name, and called her through the mind link.

There are a lot of bushes in this ravine. It's winter now, and most of the animals are hibernating.

I didn't locate Lavanya's blood; I didn't hope she would be harmed, but there were roses near where she landed.

"Lavanya. Don't hide, please." I grabbed my hair, frustrated. My heart was beating so fast, like a drum.

Lavanya's screams, as she fell into the abyss, repeat in my head like a broke