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Chapter 75 - Not Dead Yet

 (CORRINE)

When my eyes open, I find myself in a familiar room.

This ceiling…I've seen it before. I try to move, but I feel so weak. Where am I?

There's something cuddled by my side, and my eyes move to my left. I see a small wolf cub sleeping.

"Finn?" I struggle to speak, and my voice is scratchy.

My son starts, and then he sits up on his hind legs, staring at me. Before I can try to say anything else, he throws his head back and starts howling at the top of his lungs.

I hear loud footsteps. Panic fills me. But when the door is thrown open, two familiar faces burst in at the same time.

Locke.

Sigrid.

Locke makes a beeline toward me, but Sigrid pulls him back. "No!" Her voice is a shout. "She's too weak. Stay back."

Weak?

I can't talk. My throat feels like paper.

She approaches me and brings a small bottle to my lips, ordering, "Drink."

I take a few sips and then sigh in relief.

"Don't speak," she says sharply. Her eyes are glistening with tears.

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