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260 - No Limits To His Reach
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2025-08-21 09:42:05GILDEON
“How did you cross into this realm?” Gildeon asked as he settled onto a flat slab of rock across from Jeric.
The shapeshifter tilted his head, lips peeling back into a crooked grin, his eyes wild with a manic gleam. “I don’t know.”
A circle of fire burst to life at Jeric’s feet. With the faintest twitch of Gildeon’s fingers, the flames licked at his skin.
Jeric hissed, chains rattling as he lunged forward against them, snarling.
“Don’t make me ask twice,” Gildeon warned.
“I swear I don’t know!” Jeric spat, saliva thick in his mouth. When the fire climbed higher, wrapping around his legs, his screams echoed off the cavern walls. “Stop! Stop!”
The flames withdrew, but hovered close, ready to strike again at Gildeon’s will. Angry burns scorched across Jeric’s skin, the flesh blistering and sizzling where the fire had grazed him. The stench of charred meat filled the air. Yet even as the wounds smoked, his body wr
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