**Kept Woman 681**
**Chapter 681: Home at Last**
Could even Ms. Hall save him? The thought sent a shiver through Lily, tightening her stomach into a knot of dread.
With the overwhelming number of high-level zombies swarming that dreadful place, it seemed almost impossible that even Ms. Hall could pull him back from the jaws of death.
But if she couldn’t… Lily’s heart sank as she lowered her head, her fists clenching tightly at her sides, nails digging into her palms.
No, she wouldn’t let despair consume her. She would make one final attempt to rescue him. This time, she would go alone.
Together in life, together in death.
“Honey, just wait for me,” she whispered to the wind, her voice barely audible over the chaos around her.
In that moment, a rhythmic tap-tap-tap broke through the cacophony of gunfire and the growls of zombies. A helicopter, like a beacon of hope, approached as the first rays of dawn began to illuminate the sky.
The helicopter descended gracefully beside Lily, its blades slicing through the air with a hum that promised salvation.
As the cabin door swung open, a wave of familiar faces emerged, the first to step into the light of their home once more.
Calvin, leading the charge, felt a rush of nostalgia wash over him as his feet touched the solid ground of their base. It was as if no time had passed since they had left, yet everything had changed.
They were back.
Though their absence had only spanned a day and a night, the rescue mission had stretched into what felt like an eternity.
They had battled countless high-level zombies, faced an underground horde, and survived a relentless zombie Legion, escaping from one life-or-death scenario after another. And now, against all odds, they had returned!
The weight of their survival was almost too much to bear, a mixture of relief and disbelief flooding their hearts.
Behind Calvin, a few others who had been trapped for days felt their knees weaken, overwhelmed by the intoxicating thrill of being alive.
They were home.
Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined this moment would arrive.
When they had been confined in that underground warehouse, the grim possibility of dying there had loomed over them like a dark cloud.
Now, standing alive on the walls of their base, they watched the sun rise anew, and tears of joy streamed down their faces, unrestrained and pure.
They were all home. They had made it back!
Just then, a figure clad in a winter coat dashed toward them, moving with a speed that seemed to defy the very air.
“Honey!”
Lily pushed her way through the throng, her heart racing as she sank into the arms of the last man to descend from the helicopter.
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