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    They joined forces with the assembled security team and headed directly toward the mysterious woods that stretched behind the towering mountain to begin their search for Faye.


    “Faye! Faye, can you hear us?”


    “Faye, please respond if you can hear us!”


    “Faye, where are you?”


    “Faye!”


    “Miss Sandoval, please provide some indication if you can hear me calling your name!”


    They divided themselves into pairs to cover more ground efficiently, but the woods sprawled before them with seemingly endless vastness.


    By now, Faye had been in the woods for quite some time, and despite their repeated calls for her name, there was no response.


    As their search party ventured deeper into the woods, the group naturally spread out across the terrain, and only faint, ghostly echoes of others calling Faye’s name drifted back through the darkness.


    Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, yet Faye was still nowhere to be seen.


    Lucas grew increasingly worried.


    Even though it was nearly winter and the weather was cold, perspiration beaded across his forehead and trickled down his face from the intensity of his worry.


    Five more minutes passed, and Belinda also became anxious.


    She turned to Lucas and said, “Lucas, let’s split up to search for her. We might find her faster that way.”


    “Absolutely not!” Lucas rejected her proposal without a moment’s consideration. “There’s no possible way I’m leaving you to wander alone in this dangerous ce.”


    Belinda looked at him seriously. “Lucas, listen to me. We haven’t seeded in finding Faye despite our extensive efforts. With all of us shouting her name across these woods, she should have detected our voices by now if she were capable of responding. Given this troubling situation, the probability remains extremely high that she has encountered some form of serious danger and finds herself unable to respond to us.”


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    After a pause, she continued, “The longer we allow time to slip away from us, the greater the danger she faces bes. We must find her as soon as possible. We brought her to this ce, and she is your niece. If some terrible fate befalls her, how will we ever exin things to her mother? If we separate our search efforts, we might find her faster. I understandpletely that you’re worried about my safety, but you know my fighting skills. I will be fine on my own.”


    Lucas recognized that Belinda’s reasoning carried undeniable logic.


    In truth, as time ticked away, his anxiety grew.


    However, despite knowing what Belinda said was right, Lucas still refused her suggestion with absolute finality. “No.”


    “I’ll be fine! Trust me on this. I’ll take the shlight, and you can use your phone’s light,” Belinda dered firmly, ignoring Lucas’s objection without hesitation.


    Before Lucas could protest further, she had already taken the shlight from his hand and turned on her heel, heading purposefully in another direction.


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