I'm not sure which kind of wounds your character have suffered but death is not the only way to realistically portray the consequences of this beating. Unless you personally wish to take the chance to end her story.
It's not just the physical consequences but also the psychological ones. A near-death experience can frighten someone to the point of changing them on an emotional level. The dynamics and the details of this vary for person to person, but such a terrible experience can traumatize someone. People that suffered from heart attacks have been know to never have been the same afterwards, for instance.
If you don't think it's part of her character to be affected this deeply, you could resort to cripple her either temporally or permanently. I have done something similar on other characters of mine.
It's not just the physical consequences but also the psychological ones. A near-death experience can frighten someone to the point of changing them on an emotional level. The dynamics and the details of this vary for person to person, but such a terrible experience can traumatize someone. People that suffered from heart attacks have been know to never have been the same afterwards, for instance.
If you don't think it's part of her character to be affected this deeply, you could resort to cripple her either temporally or permanently. I have done something similar on other characters of mine.
