A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 428

The elevation of the slope made it difficult to traverse and even more so for John, who

had to carry Cordy.

However, she was really spent and could not even open her eyes as she leaned in his

arms.

She vaguely heard cars screeching to a stop and the whirring rotors of a helicopter…

Patrick’s people had probably arrived.

What perfect timing-not a moment too soon and not a moment too late.

With that, Cordy finally dozed off.

When she woke up again, she found herself in a place she did not recognize.

It was not the hospital, her apartment in North City, or John’s apartment.

She blinked, her eyelids still feeling very heavy just like her head.

She felt like she had slept for a long while to the point that she could not wake up.

deep voice spoke beside her just

turned toward that familiar face of his

were covered in cuts

Blinking, she asked,

was terribly raspy and her throat hurt

John replied, but he quickly added, “Don’t worry. You’re

‘safe’ applied when she was on the

strength to resist since she could not even

and arched his back to

her so that she

then that she saw she had her wrist attached to an IV drip and the

a makeshift

she sat up with

she nodded-her throat was so dry

poured her a glass

insisted, mustering all

tired, and she suddenly realized that breathing

her, holding

you haven’t eaten anything. The IV was

it makes sense if you’ve lost

stared at him then-she

up,” he said, his lips curling up into a

not fatally injured, but she simply refused to wake