Save Her Lose Us (Evangeline and Soren) novel Chapter 193

Evangeline was completely submerged; the moment she opened her mouth, icy water rushed relentlessly into her nose and throat.

She couldn't call for help.

She tried to wave her hand, but through the blur she saw Soren, his arms wrapped around Poppy, swimming hard for the shore.

The scene felt painfully familiar.

Just like that car crash a month ago.

Evangeline already knew how this would end. Forcing her gaze away from the pair, she bent down, clawing at the weeds twisted tight around her legs.

Only now did she realize how thick the tangle was in this direction.

A flash of suspicion darted through her mind—had Poppy done this on purpose?

The thought vanished almost instantly.

The more she struggled, the tighter the weeds cinched. She tried to pull them off, but her strength was fading fast.

A crushing sense of suffocation hit her all at once.

She couldn’t breathe—her lungs screamed for air, her chest aching with panic.

No.

She couldn’t die here.

Not now, not when she’d finally found her way, when she’d just begun to feel alive, when she’d only just broken free from the marriage that had trapped her for years.

She wouldn’t let it end like this.

Desperately trying to stay calm, Evangeline realized she couldn’t break the weeds, so she changed tactics, reaching for their roots to rip them out entirely.

Maybe her mother was watching over her after all—the roots weren’t anchored, just wedged beneath a stone. With a surge of effort, she yanked them free.

Relief flooded through her. She turned, ready to swim for the surface, but the aftershock of two minutes without air left her seeing stars the moment she tried to rise.

Her limbs went limp, drained of every ounce of strength.

She fought to swim upward, but her body wouldn’t respond.

Water poured into her mouth, nose, even her ears, filling her with cold and the taste of blood.

She wanted to cough, but couldn’t.

The metallic tang in her mouth and lungs grew stronger.

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