Luckily, they arrived at the mountaintop before it got dark. Kelvin found plenty of dry firewood and lit the flames. Dry animal dung could produce a lot of thick smoke in a short amount of time.
After the thick smoke rose up into the sky, Cheyenne cried tears of joy as she watched the wind blow it higher and higher. "Kelvin, we did it! Do you think anyone will notice us?"
Kelvin didn't want to crush her hopes with the cruel reality, so he smiled and said, "They will." At the same time, he pressed a button on his watch and began counting down their precious days together with regret in his mind.
"Okay, Cheyenne, this mountaintop is not suitable for camping. Let's go quickly."
"Mm-hmm," Cheyenne replied.
As they left, Cheyenne looked back at the burning firewood... she really hoped that these few days would stay dry and that it wouldn't rain at night.
Unfortunately for her though, she was disappointed as there was a heavy rainstorm that very night accompanied by thunder and lightning outside while her distress signal went unnoticed due to being extinguished by water.
The tiger had nowhere to hide so Kelvin found some hay for it to sleep beside the bonfire while he held Cheyenne close in his arms.
"Cheyenne, it's getting late now. Let's go sleep early. We can send distress signal again when we have enough materials," he said as his thoughts wandered elsewhere, his big hands fondling her waist and then untying her skirt without permission.
Cheyenne then felt him press down on top of her body; she felt every kiss on her neck, and earlobe. She bit down on her lip, staring daggers at him, "Can't you be serious?"
"I can't, Cheyenne... I let you off yesterday already." He chuckled.
The next day, Cheyenne overslept.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the tiger standing high above her bed, looking down with a pair of round and lively eyes and swishing its tail in arrogance.
It scampered away again.
She wasn't mistaken, right? That tiger seemed to express concern and sympathy for her just now.
A few minutes later, the tiger came back with a big stick in its mouth covered in the same red fruit she had seen before.
It presented it to Cheyenne eagerly and pushed it towards her with its paw.
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