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CHAPTER 20
ALISA’s POV
From a distance, I hear someone scream. But the crackling of the fire and fumes that surround me are so suffocating I do not care to look. I can hardly breathe.
But then more screams ensue and through the smoke, I think I see Zion run towards the source of the shrieks. Everything happens in a blur next. Someone, a man, jumps over the flame and into my circle of fire. He swiftly cuts the rope that binds my wrists.
I slump into his arms, feel him snake his hands around my waist and haul me over his strong broad shoulders.
“You’re going to be fine Alisa,” the man says. A tear slips down my cheek and I know no more.
*****
I open my eyes with great difficulty. My head feels groggy and my vision is somewhat blurred, almost as if I am swimming under water. I force my eyes to open but for some reason, they feel like they have been glued shut.
I sense two people nearby and they sp
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