Sweet Submission: Reclaiming Her Love

Chapter 49 Near–Death Experience

Eyes darting all over the place in a frenzied search for tools, Coryne reached for a Borning was to r wrist. She let out a yelp and dropped the insanely hot stick like a hot potato, Bot compet to bring suffering

a few burns was nothing

So, she gritted her teeth and picked it up again, enduring the searing pain.

She ingeniously used the stick to dig into the wall, clumps of soil and loose pebbles raining tons on te be but she didn’t have the time to care. The fire was getting stronger and stronger, and it was only a matter of time before the tree trunk gave out.

She worked quickly and methodically, burrowing into the dirt like a crazed dog

She wanted to live.

She still had so much to live for. Her parents were waiting for her at home, and the Harper Group needed her

As these thoughts swirled around in her mind, she heard the crackling of the fire and the tree trunk sitting

from above her.

Her back felt like it was on fire, and though her arms ached and her grip weakened, she didn’t stop digging

Her fingers and knuckles bled from countless abrasions, and blisters formed on her palms from dutching the

stick so tightly.

But in the end, it was all worth it. She finally managed to carve out a tunnel big enough for her to cravi through. Just as the flames above approached, Corynn crawled into the makeshift passage, but not before her calf got hit by a fallen branch.

She gasped sharply from the pain.

leg out from under the heavy branch and continued to throw

fire.

nth handful of soil onto the smoldering flames, the fire finally went out, leaving only white smoke in its

her adrenaline faded, and

for air, her body trembling uncontrollably, tears streaming

had just narrowly escaped

now, she wanted nothing more than to curl into a ball

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sleep.

only half the battle was over. Forcing herself to get up, the searched for her

lay with the police.

her knees, she leaned against the wall and cried silently, the intense pain all over

stay conscious, because if

She had exhausted all her strength, even standing

face in her knees, waiting helplessly for time

heard the sound of sirens

slowly lifted her head, tears of

stick on the ground, hoping to make enough noise

attention.

footsteps heading her

she finally felt a wave of relief, and knowing that she was in

moment, but before he could

call back, but the call refused to go through. “Oh,

had dialed him by mistake. But the more he mulled over