Chapter 525 If I Die Here, You’ll Never Be Able to Leave

I did not get it, but then I began to piece it together. I did not waste any more time and asked Charlotte to lead us into the mountains. Within a radius of about a hundred miles, only the village's mountains were less steep. This was probably why the villagers chose to settle here. The paths on the other mountains were treacherous, often running along cliffs where one small misstep could lead to a fatal fall. No wonder Charlotte's mother had stopped me yesterday when I wanted Lucas to go up the mountain to look for Rachel. The terrain here was dangerous, and someone unfamiliar with the mountain paths could easily fall off a cliff and disappear. Thinking about this, I instinctively turned to look at Lucas. If he had really gone up the mountain and fallen to his death yesterday, it seemed a little... "Yvette, hide that scheming gaze of yours," he frowned, glancing at me with a cold voice. Since he saw through me, I did not bother pretending anymore and said, "Lucas, if you fell o