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The Empty Summit
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The Billionaire's Obsession Came Too Late The Empty Summit
The wind at the summit felt like a weight pressing against my chest, trying to force the remaining breath from my lungs. I remained on my knees. The stone was absorbing the heat from my palm until my skin felt fused to the ancient granite."Is this it?" I whispered.I forced my trembling legs to straighten, pushing myself up. The world spun. I braced my uninjured left shoulder against the pillar, waiting for the vertigo to pass, waiting for my vision to clear.Maryam had not lied about the view. From this vantage point the entire coastal region was spread out like a crumpled map of dark green and fractured slate. The endless expanse of the sea met the sky at a line. Below, the massive cliffs that had seemed so insurmountable during my ascent were reduced to small teeth biting at the fringe of the surf. The fisheries village was completely invisible, tucked away in the deep fold of the lower bay.I was entirely, completely alone.There was no footprint in the layer of dust cove
The Billionaire's Obsession Came Too Late Where Mountain Meets Sky
By the time the sun began to drop beneath the horizon, the wind began to howl through the narrow stone canyons. It was a merciless coastal wind that sliced right through the shirt Saira had given me. My teeth began to chatter violently.I stopped on a narrow ledge and looked down.The fisheries village was completely swallowed by the shadows of the lower cliffs. The ocean was a vast stretching out into infinity. I was entirely alone in a terrifying wilderness of unknown.Suddenly mist began to roll down from the summit. It moved like a living breathing entity, a silent blanket that instantly swallowed the remaining ambient light, reducing my visibility to less than three feet. The narrow path vanished entirely beneath the white fog."No, no, no," I panicked. My left hand gripped a rock so tightly. I tried to peer through the haze, but it was impenetrable. "Not now. Please, not now."I remembered Kareem’s stern warning. I dropped to my knees, scrambling toward a small shallow inde
The Billionaire's Obsession Came Too Late One More Step For You
"I don't understand," I murmured shaking my head. "Why are you telling me this?""Because the old people of this coast believe that the mountain possesses an ancient pull," Maryam's voice dropped to a reverent whisper."If you want something from the very depth of your heart—if your soul is screaming for something you have lost and you offer a prayer at that stone altar, the universe will grant it to you. Your husband is lost to the physical world down here. But if you climb into the mist and beg the mountain, it might just accept your prayer. It might bring him back to you."A strange spark ignited within my chest. It was crazy. It was completely illogical. August was a modern corporate billionaire who believed in power; he would have scoffed at the idea of mountain altars or ancient prayers. I lived in that same world of logic and wealth. But logic had not saved him from the ocean. Logic had not kept his heart beating when his lungs were filled with seawater.I was no longer a
The Billionaire's Obsession Came Too Late When I Woke, My Husband was Gone
The scent of boiled wild herbs and woodsmoke was the first thing that drifted through the fog in my mind. My eyelids felt as though they had been sewn shut. When I finally forced them open, the glare of the morning sun piercing through the gaps of the wooden wall."Oh, praise the heavens! You're awake!"Saira dropped the wooden ladle she was holding straight into the pot as she hurried over to the side of my mattress. Her hands immediately pressed against my forehead, checking my temperature with motherly care."Lie still, child. Don't try to sit up just yet," she urged. "Dr. Jamil! Kareem! Come quickly! She opened her eyes!""What... what happened?" I croaked. My throat felt like a desert and when I tried to shift my weight, a dull ache resonated from my right shoulder, reminding me of the agony I had endured in the surf.Dr. Jamil stepped inside. Kareem followed closely behind."Let me look at those eyes," Dr. Jamil pulled a small penlight from his pocket and gently lifted my
The Billionaire's Obsession Came Too Late Who is She, August?
"The man is in worse shape, Doctor," Kareem pointed to August. "He was blue when they got here. Swallowed a lot of the surf."Dr. Jamil pulled a rusted stethoscope from his bag and pressed it against August’s cold chest. The room fell into a dead silence, broken only by the firewood and the breathing of the old doctor.I held my breath."His lungs are severely congested, and his core temperature is dangerously low," Dr. Jamil's brow furrowed as he pulled a small penlight from his pocket and checked August's unresponsive pupils. "But his heart is strong. It’s a stubborn heart, fighting hard. He must have had a very effective resuscitation on the shore."The doctor turned his sharp eyes toward me. "Did you pump his chest, girl?""Yes," I nodded, "I gave him mouth-to-mouth.""You saved his life," Dr. Jamil said simply, turning back to his bag and pulling out a long syringe and a small glass vial. "If you had waited even five minutes to bring him up that hill, his brain would hav
The Billionaire's Obsession Came Too Late Help!
"I am not Winter. August, look at me. I'm Spring. Open your eyes and look at me!"The scream tore from my throat but it was immediately swallowed by the indifferent sigh of the receding tide. I cradled his face in my left hand, silently begging him to look into my eyes, to see the woman who had just dragged him out of the jaws of the ocean.August’s eyelids fluttered. For a fraction of a second, the pale light of the rising moon caught the glazed surface of his pupils. "Winter..." he groaned again. A faint rattle in his chest before his eyes rolled back and closed entirely. His head fell limply against my lap."No, no, no! Don't you dare close your eyes! Stay with me!" I sobbed shaking his broad shoulders with my one good arm.He didn't move. He had completely surrendered to exhaustion. A spike of pain shot down my spine from my right shoulder forcing a choked gasp from my lips. I wanted to sit there in the mud and scream. "You stupid selfish man," I whispered as I looked
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