Since the bodyguard hesitated, Yuki was dissatisfied and pushed him, "Take her away."

The bodyguard took a few steps forward and then stepped over a snake. When he got close to Avery, he tentatively kicked Avery's feet. Since she didn't move, the bodyguard got much more courage.

However, when the bodyguard uncovered the clothes on Avery's head, he was terrified and put his hands up.

Avery held a gun, pointing to the bodyguard.

Yuki only brought a bodyguard here because she was afraid that too many bodyguards would make it more complicated.

Thus, when Avery pointed the gun to the bodyguard, Yuki was terrified too. All of a sudden, Yuki was astonished and said, "You are not…"

"Dead?" Avery sneered and then added, "Are you disappointed that I am still alive."

"You had made me hurt with burning fireworks and threw me into the lake. I almost drowned. Do you think I can forgive you?"

Avery glanced at the dead snake and walked to the bodyguard. He was terrified and stepped back a few steps.

Bang—

Avery fired two shots at the bodyguards' feet. As the bullet exploded, the bodyguard was so scared that he jumped.

Yuki also screamed in a loss, "She wants to kill someone."

Avery yelled at the bodyguard in a low voice, "When I count to three, you give me your gun. Otherwise, I will shot at other places."

"Three. Two," Avery didn't finish, but the bodyguard took out his gun and gave it to Avery.

Avery pointed to Yuki with another gun and then ordered, "take the snake away."

Yuki was reluctant to do that, but she was also scared that Avery would fire a shot, so she said to Avery, "I can't move it."

"My gun will prove that you can do it," Avery said seriously.

Yuki gritted her teeth and moved slowly. Avery still pointed her gun to Yuki and turned to look at her at the same time.

The bodyguard found it was an excellent opportunity to fight, so he immediately reached his hands to Avery's gun. However, Avery immediately squeezed the trigger.

Unexpectedly, the bodyguard was hit by a bullet. It was on his neck that was a crucial part of the bodyguard's body.

The bodyguard widened his eyes, covering his neck to stop bleeding, but bled out through his fingers' gaps.

Yuki was so scared that she screamed out and covered her eyes with both hands, "Someone died! Someone died."

the forest was silent. Only the sound of leaves shaking and beast howl can be heard.

Avery froze, her scalp tingling and heart beating fast.

She didn't mean to hurt the bodyguard, but the gun backfired and shot at the bodyguard's neck.

Avery was also terrified, closing her eyes hard. Soon, she kept calm and shouted at Yuki in a low voice, "Shut up!"

Yuki was frightened. In her eyes, Avery was just like murder.

"Stand up!" Avery ordered.

"Oh! What do you want?" Yuki was anxious and panicked. She was afraid that Avery would kill her too. Since Yuki was the witness, it was reasonable to kill her.

Yuki felt unbalanced while standing, her legs shaking slightly and almost fell.

Yuki had to follow Avery's order. She turned around, and the door closed behind her.

Since

Avery still pointed to Yuki with his gun, Yuki was anxious and scared.

She didn't know what Avery wanted but did as her order.

"Turn to the left," Avery ordered. While she walked out, she got a rope that a hunter left hanging on the wall.

Avery asked Yuki to go into the forest and stopped before a tree that was so big that only two men could hold.

Yuki quickly understood, but her expression didn't change, "Do you want to leave me tied up to the tree? You shouldn't do that! I am so kind to you. How can you treat me in this way? Please let me go. I won't tell others that you killed the bodyguard."

Avery ignored her. Yuki was wrapped around by the long rope from her shoulder to her ankle.

Avery tied a hard knot at both ends of the rope, and then she said, "Since you are so kind to me and you gave such a good present, the snake. I must treat you very well too."

"Avery Peters! I warn you to let me go. Otherwise, I must tell Maeve that you imprisoned Mr. Meyers and Mr. Black. I believe she must arrest you when she knew it."

"Figure out how to spend a wonderful night here first."

And then Avery added, "Oh. I almost forget to tell you that beasts always show up when the night is coming. I guess they must eat you up for me, such as tigers and bears."

"No! Let me go!" Yuki shouted. When she thought about it, she was almost too scared to control her pee.

As Avery was ready to go, Yuki immediately stopped her, "How can you let me go?"

Avery pulled a small tree that was as tall as her height. Its name was Aralia Chinensis. She knew white worms must be on the tree.

Maeve promised Avery to give her only one chance, so she must seize the opportunity this time.

"We sent some white worms to eat Army Ant to find which white worms are strong. But if we know which one is strong at first, so many white worms can still be alive. Just like the differences between queens and worker honey bees, some differences must exist among white worms," thought Avery.

Avery observed the tree carefully though she didn't know what Yuki was talking about.

The trunk was covered with thorns. It was said that no birds stayed on such a tree, so the name is Aralia Chinensis.

Strangely, some trunks had spines, but some trunks had only fine fluff. With fine fluff, the trunk looked tender and green. But some trunks looked darker, like rust.

The green trunk could be seen everywhere but few rust-color logs.

"The older the tree is, the more nutrition the tree contains?" Avery asked.

"Let me go, and then I will tell you," Yuki tried her best to seize the opportunity to leave.

Avery looked back, smiling at her, meaningfully, "I don't want to know now."

Yuki became more anxious and struggled. However, the harder she struggled, the tighter the tie became.

"What do you want?"

"Would you like to tell me why Maeve loves Mr. Lautner?"

Yuki finally realized that Avery did care about Mr. Lautner. She was glad to find Avery's weakness and became relieved.

Yuki then answered, "You should let me go first. If I tell you, you refuse to tell me the truth. What should I do?"