Everest's Guardian Hubby Watched Me Freeze My Ghost Knows Where He'll Burn novel Chapter 6

Chapter 6

My daughter revealed a resilience I never imagined she possessed.

She dropped to her knees at the foot of the towering mountain, her voice steady but filled with determination. “I want to climb up there and bring Mom’s body back down.”

After several refusals, a compassionate guide finally agreed to accompany her on the treacherous ascent.

Just as they neared the spot where I had met my fate, Benjamin and his rescue team appeared unexpectedly.

“Are you out of your mind? Who gave you permission to go up there?” he barked furiously.

“Still pretending you’re here to retrieve your mother’s body? You blatantly ignored every warning I gave you!” he spat, his anger boiling over.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand, ready to strike her once more.

The guide quickly stepped in, positioning himself between them. “You can’t just lay hands on someone like that! That’s assault!”

Benjamin’s eyes flared a terrifying red, shattering the carefully maintained façade of the stoic, solitary man he portrayed.

“She’s my daughter. I’ll hit her if I want to. Even if I beat her to death, it’s none of your concern!”

“You don’t understand anything. She lies all the time and curses her own mother to death!”

“If I don’t teach her a lesson now, who knows what she’ll become later!”

He lunged forward again, trying to grab Evelyn and drag her back.

But she broke free, sprinting toward the place where I lay.

“My mom’s up there! I’m not lying!” she shouted, her voice cracking with desperation.

“I don’t have a father anymore! That psycho has you brainwashed! You’re not going to save Mom!”

Benjamin’s face twisted with fury. Without warning, he kicked her hard, sending her crashing to the ground.

A sickening crack echoed through the air as her arm bent in a grotesque angle.

“Ahhh—” Her scream pierced the cold mountain air, raw and heart-wrenching.

“Still talking back?” he sneered.

“Your mother was a cheating liar who lost her mind. You want to be just like her?”

An avalanche.

“What’s happening?!” the rescue team shouted, scrambling to safety.

Chaos erupted as everyone scattered sideways, desperate to avoid the deadly cascade.

Through the turmoil, Evelyn gritted her teeth, pushing through the agony, crawling and stumbling toward where I lay buried.

“Evelyn, come back!” I screamed in my mind, terror gripping me. I feared something even worse was about to happen.

The avalanche roared past with terrifying speed, then gradually slowed until it finally stopped.

When the dust settled, Benjamin rolled up his sleeves and moved to grab her.

But then he saw her.

Kneeling by a small mound of snow.

In front of her—my frozen body, curled tightly, eyes wide open but empty.

I was there, silent and still, while my daughter clung to me with a fierce, unbreakable love.