A Bumpy Road to Power

Chapter 558 558

Instinctively wanted to resist.

But a hand immediately covered her mouth.

Yvonne Donovan took a closer look and realized the man who pulled her wasn't someone else, but Dirk Carter.

Dirk Carter made a gesture for her to be silent, then released his hand from her mouth.

At this moment.

The footsteps of the three people also stopped behind the big rock.

"Where are they?"

One of them asked.

"They were just here, how could they disappear so suddenly?"

Another one mumbled.

At this moment, a breathless voice was heard, it was the guy Yvonne Donovan had kicked, "Damn it, the cooked duck flew away. In this tiny Yanshan, I simply don't believe she can fly away. Ah-Dai, call the brothers from the foot of the mountain, even if we have to level Yanshan today, we have to find that woman."

"Yes!"

At the command, another person dialed a number.

All four of them returned to the mountain top to pick up more people.

Now, things have escalated. Dirk could barely handle four people before, and now who knows how many more they're going to bring.

As soon as they left.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Yvonne Donovan angrily accused, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't come up the mountain, we wouldn't be in this mess."

Dirk Carter was speechless and retorted, "Beauty, you picked me up halfway here, so why don't you say if you hadn't found me, we wouldn't be in this situation either?"

"You..."

For a moment, she was at a loss for words.

Yvonne Donovan felt aggrieved, and her eyes started to well up.

"What's the use of crying? Hurry up and call someone."

Dirk Carter said impatiently.

Only then did Yvonne remember to take out her phone.

But when she pulled the phone out of her jeans, both of them were dumbfounded.

Because of the fall, the phone screen was shattered and wouldn't even turn on, which meant their hope for rescue broke.

"Do you know any other way?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Yvonne Donovan shook her head and said, "There's only one path down Yanshan, the rest are endless forests, there's no way down."

Going back is definitely not an option.

That would be walking into a trap.

Dirk sighed deeply.

He said, "Alright, come with me."

"Do you know the way down the mountain?"

Yvonne Donovan asked.

Dirk Carter shook his head and said, "Either we go back, or we bite the bullet and move forward, you choose."

After saying that.

He stumbled down the mountain path.

Yvonne Donovan looked back, then stomped her foot and followed.

The forest of Yanshan is a protected area in Argentum and is normally not open to the public, meaning there's no path through the forest, with dense trees, random bushes, and everything is wet, making each step difficult.

Dirk Carter walked in front, picked up a branch, and used his body to clear a path for Yvonne Donovan, so they could slowly advance.

By this time.

Dusk was beginning to draw in.

The shade from the trees made the forest even darker.

It was April.

In Serenity State, the temperature might already be over ten degrees, but Argentum is in the north, as soon as the sun sets, the temperature immediately drops to a degree or two.

Completely exhausted and soaked to the skin, Yvonne Donovan was nearing her limit.

She had never suffered like this before in her life.

Crying as she walked.

A slip, and her body followed the slope down, directly taking Dirk Carter with her, rolling down the slope.

They fell a good ten or so meters.

Before finally stopping.

Dirk Carter ignored the pain.

His first instinct was to check on Yvonne Donovan.

She was lying on the ground, her body aching all over, overwhelmed with grievance, and started crying her heart out.

"Get up and keep moving. We can't stay here, or we'll succumb to hypothermia."

Dirk Carter tried to pull Yvonne Donovan up from the ground.

Yvonne Donovan cried out, "I'm not going, I can't move anymore. I refuse to take even another step today, even if it means dying here."

Dirk Carter was frustrated.

But also helpless.

He embraced Yvonne Donovan and said, "Come on, I'll carry you!"

He helped her stand, put her on his shoulder, and continued to stagger onward.

They didn't know how long they walked, and it got darker.

Suddenly, Yvonne Donovan, who was lying on Dirk Carter's back, pointed ahead and shouted, "Look, what is that? A house, there's a house, we're saved."

Dirk Carter looked closely.

In the distance was a narrow stream.

Beside the stream, indeed, there was a wooden cabin.

Filled with hope, he took a few quick steps, reached the cabin's entrance, and put Yvonne Donovan down, but with one glance, the excitement in his heart was extinguished.

The cabin was very rundown.

Extremely rundown.

Inside, there was only a dirty wooden bed, and nothing else.

The wooden walls had many holes, the roof was rotted and had a large patch missing. It was evident this cabin had been abandoned for a long time.

Probably left behind by hunters a long time ago.

No matter what, they couldn't keep moving, they had to take a break.

Dirk Carter took off his coat, spread it over the bed, and let Yvonne Donovan sit down, saying, "You rest here for a bit, I'll go find some firewood to start a fire, or else we'll freeze to death tonight."

Yvonne Donovan wanted to say something.

But ultimately held back.

After all, at this moment, Dirk Carter was her only reliance.

About ten minutes later, Dirk Carter carried a bunch of firewood into the cabin.

In the middle of the floor, he arranged the firewood.

Fortunately, he had a lighter in his pocket. Once the firewood was lit, a bright yellow flame sprung up, flickering, bringing a bit of warmth to the rundown cabin.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, Yvonne Donovan saw Dirk Carter starting to unbutton his shirt.

She asked nervously.

Dirk Carter replied, "My clothes are soaked. I'm taking them off to dry by the fire. You don't expect me to spend the night in wet clothes, do you? I can't handle that."

After saying that.

He took off his shirt and then his pants and shoes.

He hung them on a stick.

"Do you want to take off your clothes to dry them? If not, you'll definitely get sick overnight, and even if you're by the fire, it won't be warm wearing soaked clothes."

Dirk Carter asked while squatting near the fire.

Yvonne Donovan hugged her knees, shielding her body, and said, "I won't take them off. I would rather freeze than let you take advantage of me."

Dirk Carter smiled slightly.

And said, "Okay, well, the temperature will drop as the night goes on. The mountain's temperature is several degrees lower than the city's. If you can bear it, I have no objection."

Under the swaying firelight.

Both of them stayed silent.

Dirk Carter was very tired, but he didn't dare to sleep; he needed to stay alert to the sounds outside.

Yvonne Donovan did the same.

However, her reason for staying awake was that the place was too dirty. If it weren't an absolute necessity, she wouldn't have stayed a minute.

They didn't know how long it had been.

But the outside temperature indeed began to plummet.

Despite the fire, the cold wind blew through the damaged walls and roof, while Yvonne Donovan, curled up on the wooden bed, kept holding out, her teeth chattering with cold.

"Stop forcing it, take off your clothes and come over to the fire. I'll turn my back to you, I won't look."

Dirk Carter said disdainfully.

Yvonne Donovan finally couldn't hold on anymore.

She said, "Then turn around now."

Dirk Carter exhaled deeply.

Turned his back to the fire.

Soon after, came the sound of Yvonne Donovan setting her feet on the floor and unzipping.

No one knew how long it had been.

Suddenly there was an "Oh!" from Yvonne, and Dirk Carter, in a panic, spun around to see the branch for hanging clothes falling over.

Their clothes were already lying on the fire...

Clumsy, couldn't even dry clothes properly.

Dirk Carter wanted to save them, but it was too late. Under the high heat, their clothes quickly caught fire, merging with the blazing flames...