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PART 2

Raelynn

“Rae, stop!”

I growled at him. “For the love of fuck, you’ll let me go. Even if it kills me.”

My phone stumbled out of my hand as I bit down into Michael’s arm. But he released me. And I threw myself toward the edge of the bridge again. I felt him rushing for me, desperate to pull me back as I gazed over the twenty-foot drop. Sirens finally sounded in the distance. I flashed my light down there, catching yet another glimpse of where Clint was.

After slipping away from Michael’s attempt to block me against the metal railing, I rushed for the tree line.

“Rae, are you thick-headed? You’re going to get yourself killed!”

“I’m not leaving him down there by himself, Michael! Get over it or go home if you don’t like it. I’ll have an officer take me home.”

I tripped over tree roots I couldn't see and forced myself to slow down. It was a very long drop to the river. A drop that would easily put me in Clint’s position if I wasn’t careful. But I knew he was alive. He had to be aliv