Recap
   The bike moved along the slope and fell into the valley. The chances of getting help lost along with the bike. The tracker, emergency help, the map were all in the bike. No one can easily spot her as she was quite far away from the original track and hid in the bushes. She was getting thirsty and tired every passing minute. The throbbing pain in her hands had intensified, the venom started spreading and she guessed she would pass out any minute if she did not get help. She screamed for help few times, but the growing fatigue in her body overpowered her senses and her voice became feeble.
   She never had big dreams, she led a simple life, a prestigious job, a very decent salary and working for the Kingstons itself, have always been seemed like an achievement for her. She single-handedly presented a proposal in a very big platform, spent the most beautiful days alongside her favourite person, she did not ask for more.
   Thus, she did not fear death as she believes that humans are powerless in fighting death. If it was destined, it is bound to happen. But if it was going to be her end, her last day she would like to see Him one last time, that was the only thing in her mind when darkness consumed her.
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   The members finished the task and started coming in. Lee and Kevin were monitoring the members’ bikes on the screen, it was basically a no danger trail so they were not attentively following them. Lee pointed, “Is that bike deviating from the trail?” He asked Kevin.
“Maybe he or she was picking up the flag going a little deep inside”
Lee went out and noted the number of flags each one collected.
   Angela looked around and asked “where is Julie? Why didn’t she come yet?” Lee quickly ran inside and checked the tracking monitor when he found the tracker pointing to the deep valley, he felt the colour drain from his face, he panicked and immediately sent out the search team for rescue. Lee’s alarming voice concerned everyone in the camp, they all sensed that she was in some danger. He murmured something to Sr Kingston and rushed towards the spot with Kevin and others where her bike was lost.
   Lee called Henry, he asked Mason to connect the call through the speaker, “Sir it’s an emergency, Ms Rozana is lost in the woods during the biking task” everyone in the car was shocked.
“What about the tracker?” Henry asked immediately.
“It… it shows off… off the trail” Lee’s stuttering, confirmed that he is keeping off the unpleasant details.
Henry took a deep breath.
“Do you think… she is… okay?” Henry’s voice lacked confidence.
“Sir, please come quickly”
“I will be there in…” he looked at Mason. Ben checked the time and looked around and said “20?” He asked Mason.
He replied, “fif…” he looked at Henry through the mirror, the urgency, the concern, the yearning, the hope in Henry’s eyes made Mason stop mid-sentence, “as soon as possible” he geared up as he understood the emergency and could sense Henry’s worry.
   Considering the tension and silence in the car, Ryan did not comment either. They reached in less than 10 minutes, they all quickly gone into the woods as Ben had connected his phone with Lee’s live location. When they met the search crew, Lee and Kevin stated the truth.
   Henry stood there speechless for a minute, so many emotions crossed his mind, he did not want to lose hope,
“use the drone in the valley and check down there completely, until then let’s all scan this entire place thoroughly. She might have hit somewhere, fainted or lost conscious due to fatigue” he convinced himself.
   Henry started searching for her frantically. He asked Ben to arrange a standby first-aid vehicle. The resort was always equipped with all the emergency supplies. After about half an hour’s search, they got no clue. Henry was extremely frustrated that there was no lead yet.
   Henry haven’t felt something like this before. He never had anyone close to him on the verge of losing because his mother’s demise was an accident, he only received her death news that was worse, but the feeling of losing someone, the uncertainty of finding them alive, was new to him, he did not know that it would affect him so badly.
   The constant juggling between the feeling of Hope and despair haunted his mind. With every passing minute, the fear kept growing in him but he used all his might to stay confident. Clueless as to why he was so stressful and desperate to see her. All he wanted right now was to find her and hold her securely in his arms.
   Henry crouched down and held his knees in helplessness. Ryan was concerned, “Buddy,what do you think?”
“My intuition says that she is somewhere around and going to be okay”
“That’s it, come on, let’s search again” Ryan patted his back and boosted up his spirit.
   Henry, while crouching up, saw a faint shoe mark on the mildly wet ground which looked a little fresh. That too only the left side of the left shoe. He looked around for the print of the right shoe, if it was of the rescue men, there would be marks of both shoes, so he strongly believed it must be Julie’s. He thought for awhile, considering the inclining ground structure, she must have fell accidentally and rolled, so there were no more similar or continuous marks.
   He called out everyone and explained his findings. “So she must be somewhere close from this place, to be precise, looking at the marks, the left side of the left shoe, so she must have gone towards the left side of the shoeprint, so this way” he pointed. Ryan was astonished at his quick wit. One thing he had always admired about his dear friend was if he was determined, he would most definitely achieve it, don’t know whether the destiny favours him or his perseverance does.
   Henry walked roughly on the direction of where it would take if stumbled from the footprint. He looked around for any other sign to support his theory and intuition. There was a big bush in about few yards, Henry strolled closely and pushed aside the leaves to peep inside.
“July!!!” Henry screamed. Ryan rushed to him, “She is in here” Ryan shouted as he found her stuck in the bushes.
   Lee came forward and asked the men to cut the bushes with the pruning tools. Henry was very anxious, when they cleared the way and got full view of Julie, she was twisted in a very uncomfortable position and looked disheveled.
   They carefully rescued her cutting off the thorns, Henry took her out very gently and stroked her cheeks, but she did not respond. He slowly lifted her and placed in the rescue vehicle. He wanted to hug her tightly and not let her go. Henry’s eyes never left her from the moment he found her in the bushes. He did not know whether he was relieved or more worried seeing her unconscious state. He had delicately held her in his arms, making sure not to hurt her further.
   One of the men said, “looking at her swollen fingers, it most likely resemble, multiple bee stung due to which she must be unconscious.”
Henry said, “Have you called Luhu-San from the hamlet? Ask him to get the antidote ready” Ryan asked who this Luhu San was, Kevin said, “Luhu San is a wise old man who treats peoples ailments with potions and concoctions made with herbs. He is very good at diagnosing and treating people with natural medicines. He has wide knowledge about human body,plants and knows this place so well so he could easily find what made her unconscious and treat her accordingly.”
   When they brought her to the resort, Luhu San quickly examined her. He mixed limestone, which has calcium carbonate with few other ingredients and applied it on her fingers as he confirmed the bee stung. It neutralises the acidity and minimise the pain and discomfort. He gave few other potions for her recovery. He touched certain parts of her body to stimulate her energy.
“She will be fine” Luhu San then left.
Ryan asked, “She is still unconscious, why did he leave already? stop him” Lee said, “No one questions or orders him here, if his work is done, he won’t stay”
   Two minutes later, she had gained consciousness. Everyone was relieved and happy.
“Let her rest” Sr Kingston’s voice echoed from the corridor, thus everyone scurried away.
   Henry intently observed her every move. She slowly opened her eyes to find the most breathtaking handsome man in front of her. “Julie stop dreaming” she mumbled to herself.
Henry chuckled, “I wonder who gets 4K/full HD dreams?”
“That’s because I remember his every feature by heart, those beautiful set of hypnotic eyes, perfect straight nose, those tempting, luscious lips,Hmmmm…” Henry was totally enjoying her antics. He never thought she could so easily turn him on with bare minimum effort. She locked her hands behind his neck and yanked him closer to her. Her dreamy blue eyes holds so much beauty in it. Their lips were inches apart.
“You don’t know what you are doing to me Juliet,” she looked clueless.
“You are driving me crazy” he said huskily so close to her ears, gently kissing her earlobe. His warm breath on her skin tickled her senses and had ignited a tornado of desire in her.
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Notes
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