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.

from under the heavy branch and continued to throw

fire.

had been working, but after tossing the nth handful of soil onto the smoldering flames, the fire finally

the ground. With the immediate danger over, her adrenaline faded, and

for air, her body trembling uncontrollably, tears

narrowly

she wanted nothing more than to curl into a ball and

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sleep.

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

hope now lay

leaned against the wall and cried silently, the intense pain

she had to stay conscious, because if Coby and his men returned, she was doomed

had exhausted all her

buried her face in her knees, waiting helplessly

last, she heard the sound of sirens wailing in the

her head, tears of joy rolling

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

attention.

she heard hurried footsteps heading her way.

approaching, she finally felt a wave of relief, and knowing that she was in good hands, she allowed herself

a meeting when Corynn’s call came through. He froze for a moment, but before

back, but the call refused to go through. “Oh, right,” he thought. “She

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