Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 511

Rain, rock, mud, and fog-those were the only things Alyssa could recall before losing consciousness.

She had used the last ounce of strength in her lithe body to push the hiker up toward the patrol team. All

she hoped was that the hiker would be safe and sound.

Alyssa couldn’t call herself a competent park ranger and wear her badges if she hadn’t prepared herself

for the risk of death. She wasn’t afraid of it as long as it was a meaningful death.

Frankly, she didn’t used to be so brave. In fact, she used to whine and cry whenever her father and

stepmothers tried to bring her to the doctor for a shot.

She was 11 when she met him. That was when everything changed.

His bravado and determination were like the lighthouse she needed to guide her out from dark waters.

How he had intercepted danger to rescue her had permanently shifted her outlook on life.

had witnessed how selfless one

hurt her countless times after they married, Alyssa still

much Jasper had changed

was as if he had rewritten the very stars.

to happen in

dream. In it, her parents and brothers

lifted her into his arms and placed her onto a mountain of presents while Silas sang

Birthday” off-key.

her lips, where she blew the candles out while Axel placed a toy gun in

her hand.

first time she

sudden pain spread out from the center of her chest, flooding her head

her body

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tears of relief

caused her,

like sleep!

then, she recalled that she was

away to some unknown location, her backpack hanging limply on a nearby branch.

a ledge. She was nearly buried