Seeing this, Everly panicked even more. She wanted Hera dead, but she certainly didn't want to die with her! She struggled as she
tried to climb up Hera's body and reach the rope ladder. But Hera wasn't going to let her have her way. As the two fought, those
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above watched with hitched breaths.
"Captain Ludden, the situation doesn't look good. Requesting permission to go down and bring Ms. Hera up safely," one of the
soldiers said into his earpiece.
Aaron responded, "Approved! You must bring her back safely!"
"Yes, sir!" Just as the soldier finished gearing up and prepared to descend, the rope holding both women suddenly snapped!
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Their bodies fell, and Everly screamed in terror.
Hera seized the moment and kicked her away. She pulled out the dagger from her thigh and stabbed it into the cliff wall. It didn't
hold at first, and after two or three tries, she finally wedged the blade into a crack in the rock, halting her fall.
Hera clung to the dagger. Looking up, she saw that the top of the cliff was a distance away, and the rope the soldier was using
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