The air here is alive with fire. It breathes against my skin like a snarling beast, hot and seething, licking at my wounds with tongues of flame. Each breath I take is a punishment. The heat scorches my lungs, my throat feels lined with embers, and every inhale is a war. The forge roars behind me, its molten heart pulsing like a living thing, casting a violent red glow over the jagged obsidian walls. It isn’t just a room. It’s a furnace built to break things—metal, willpower, souls.The stench of burning flesh lingers heavy in the air, and I realize with horror it’s mine. My skin sizzles where the molten chains bite into it, the heat so intense it fuses flesh to metal, and when I try to move, they tear at me like cruel claws. My hands, my back, even the soles of my feet—weeping wounds cover every inch of me. I am dragged forward, not by choice, but by duty. A punishment. A sentence. In my arms I carry the bones of wolves—massive, ancient, cracked by time but still heavy with fo
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