Are we out of the woods?

Chapter Fourteen

Here we go, the final update. I cannot even begin to tell you how happy I am of this story, and for all your votes and nice comments. I know I made you wait for this, so to make you forgive me it's going to be an extra long finale! Brace yourself for a DOUBLE chapter update! 

Thank you for staying and for giving this story a chance! I hope to share many more stories with you and see you there for my next works, enjoy! 

*(I might be in the working on an epilogue, so stay tuned)

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Fire ran down her throat while knives cut in her skin. She wanted to scream, to cry for help, but nothing came out of her mouth. She shook her head trying to free herself from the hold on the scruff of her neck, but she was too weak for that and the taste of blood knead in her mouth.

Her head pulsed, giving her stabs of pain while her cheek bled, pressed against the icy rocks beneath her. Her eyes won't open, as darkness slowly started to surround her.

Her body was constantly shaking while her injured arms stayed trapped underneath her.

No, please. Make it stop, make it stop...

Another stab of ache ran through her shoulder, running down her spine. But this time it was different.

Make it stop.

She could feel the pain, she could feel the icy water running down her throat, and she could feel her strength slowly fading away while the ache of her broken arm became nothing but the shadow of agony. But it wasn't her. It wasn't her pain, it was nothing but a memory, slowly fading as she got swept away from it.

It all started to vanish, the pulsing in her temples turned into nothing but a headache. The icy water, running down her lungs and along her body disappeared, as the flames dancing and burning across her chest perished too. Air came back into her lungs in one deep breath.

The girl coughed, taking in as much air as she could. Oxygen was getting back in her system as darkness kept surrounding her, her eyes still closed. Nothing felt better than the fresh air sliding down into her lungs. Karlie smiled, resting her forehead onto the ground as she stayed crunched on her knees.

Thank you.

She cried, but there were no tears running down her cheeks. The pain was gone.

And the sun had raised.

On the over side of her eyelids, she could see the light of the day, burning into her closed gaze while she rested heavy breathing onto the ground. She wanted to open her eyes but for how much she flattered her eyelids, she couldn't seem able to focus on nothing but the blindly light above her head.

Her hands grasped onto the ground beneath her as she fought to regain consciousness.

Where am I? The words echoed in her mind, or maybe the clearing around her.

Did she say that how loud?

Something told her that she should have been afraid, but she just couldn't. The grass was warm underneath her tired body and a mild breeze swept through her bronze hair as she laid down.

Sight was slowly coming back to her and every time she blinked a little more came in her view.

There were blue skies above her, but no sun, only pure warm light.

She opened and closed her eyes, furrowing her brows, but still no sight of the bright daylight star.

Karlie breathed in, cherishing that tasteless air her body had so dearly missed. Her muscles felt numb, but with some effort she was able to lift her broken arm, bringing it in front of her eyes to check the injury.