After they had enjoyed a scrumptious meal, Carl turned to Nicole and said, "I'll get some sleep first.I
suggest we take turns.For the first half of the night, I need you to keep a lookout for us, and for the
second half, I'll do that."
"Okay, sure," she replied.
It was easy for them to keep watch during the first half of the night.
Nicole was wide awake and had stayed up until midnight without even realizing it.She was not tired and
seeing that Carl was sound asleep, she was in no hurry to wake him up.She got up and approached
Pinto.
When she was near, she noticed that Pinto was not asleep either.He was standing there as if he was
on guard duty with her.
She proceeded to check on the two horses, which were fine.Then, she made her way back to the tent
and gave Carl a light push, "Get up.It's your turn to keep watch."
Carl sat up and looked around, startled "What's wrong?!"
"Nothing.It's just your turn to keep watch." Nicole said, and laid down to catch some rest.
"By the way, I've checked on the two horses, and there aren't having any issue.I'm going to get some
shuteye now.If you see anything out of the blue, wake me up.Don't try to deal with it on your own."
"Okay.Get some sleep, then."
Carl stretched and stood up to readjust his position, after which he eyed the surroundings with a
dagger in hand.
Meanwhile, Jared had brought his entourage back to the racecourse after their first, unsuccessful
attempt at finding Nicole.He had decided that he could not wait any longer and turned to his aide, Max
Graham, "Organize a search and rescue immediately."
"Understood."
Max took his phone out and called for a search party.
About thirty minutes later, two teams marched in and stood in front of Jared.
"I've sent you the details of the individuals we are searching for in the chat room.We are to split into two
teams to search and rescue them in the plains.If you come across any situations, report it to the
racecourse immediately," Max ordered in front of everyone.
"Understood,"they said.
"Let's go."
Under Max's instructions, the two teams departed for the grassland.
"Mr.Johnston, the two teams are now on their way.Don't worry, Miss Riddle will be fine.She's has got
her wits about her," Max assured, as this was the first time he had seen Mr.Johnston look so anxious.
"There is only so much their eyes can do at this hour.Send a helicopter over right away,"
Jared ordered in a solemn tone of voice.
"Alright,"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмMax said, and proceeded to make another call.
"We have two missing individuals here.Send a search and rescue helicopter over at once!"
"Max, tell the pilot to make a pit stop here at the racecourse first," Jared ordered.
Within ten minutes, a helicopter landed outside the racecourse, and Jared proceeded to approach it.
"Max, I need you to stay here." Jared climbed in.
"Keep me posted the second you receive any updates regarding the situation."
"Mr.Johnston, are you going with them?"
"Yes,"
The helicopter took off slowly, with Jared gazing down from the helicopter every now and again, hoping
to catch sight of any signals that might indicate that Nicole was calling for help.
Concurrently, Nicole was deep in sleep, completely unaware of the fact that Jared had lost his mind
crazy in his search for her.
All of a sudden, a howl echoed across the field, jolting her awake.She sat up and looked at Carl at an
instant.
"Was that a wolf?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so."
"Quick!" Nicole ordered.
"Throw more branches into the fire! We need to make our flame larger!"
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