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.

struggled to free her leg out from under the heavy

fire.

idea how long she had been working, but after tossing the nth handful of soil onto the smoldering flames,

the immediate danger over, her adrenaline faded, and now, she felt pain all over her

and gasped for air, her body trembling uncontrollably, tears streaming down her soot–stained

just narrowly escaped

of her energy, and now, she wanted nothing

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sleep.

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

now lay

her knees, she leaned against the wall and cried silently, the intense pain all over her body keeping her from passing

knew she had to stay conscious, because if Coby and

had exhausted all her strength,

in her knees, waiting helplessly for time to pass.

sound

slowly lifted her head, tears of joy rolling down her

police find her, she kept banging the stick on the ground,

attention.

she heard hurried footsteps

the paramedics and rescue team approaching, she finally felt a wave of relief,

a meeting when Corynn’s call came through. He froze for a moment, but before he could answer it, the call ended as abruptly as

to go through. “Oh, right,” he thought. “She blocked me.*

Elliot thought that Corynn had dialed him by mistake. But the more he mulled over it, the more inexplicably