She Was the Treasure All Along novel Chapter 371

“You—!” Marnie shrieked in horror. Caught completely off guard, she lost her balance as Cyrilla yanked her forward. With a cry of disbelief, despair, and the raw pain of betrayal, she tumbled straight toward the mother bear’s gaping, stinking maw.

Cyrilla didn’t dare look back, her mind already picturing the gruesome end Marnie was about to meet. The thought only made her run faster.

The mother bear, clearly not expecting its prey to be delivered so conveniently, reacted with lightning speed. It adjusted its massive head, its fangs flashing as it prepared to bite Marnie in half.

In that split second, just as Marnie was about to be severed at the waist, a piercing whistle sliced through the deathly silence.

It was Loyce. She burst from behind a tree like a phantom.

To reach Marnie in time, Loyce didn’t even stop running. While still at a full sprint, she twisted her body, drawing her compound bow into a breathtaking arc. Her eyes were sharp and cold, locked on her target without a flicker of hesitation. The arrow shot forward like a meteor, carrying all her strength and precision, and slammed deep into the bear’s open mouth just as its jaws were about to snap shut.

*Thwack!*

The arrowhead buried itself in the soft palate of the bear’s mouth, the force of the impact causing the shaft to vibrate violently.

“ROOAARRR!”

The bear let out a mangled, agonized howl. The searing pain made its jaws seize up, its fangs scraping past Marnie’s side, tearing through her jacket and leaving several deep, bloody gashes. The force sent Marnie flying into a pile of fallen leaves, where she landed hard, the pain and terror knocking her unconscious.

However, Loyce’s desperate, high-speed rescue shot came at a cost. The violent twist she’d forced on her body on the slick, wet forest floor caused her to lose her balance.

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