Helion’s POV“I’ll count to seven. If you do not give me the answer I need, you will suffer a fate much worse than death itself.”I can easily compel him and get the answers I need, but that would be less of a torture for him.“One.”The prisoner’s breathing hitches. He tries to keep his head high and remain defiant, but the rattling of the chains give him away. He’s shaking terribly.“Two.”I don’t just count, I push the weight of my aura slightly into the room. The shadows on the wall seem to stretch and twist, reacting to my mood. The temperature in the dungeon drops, the air turns to frost.“Three.”A choked gasp escapes the prisoner’s throat, his head snaps back against the iron bars of the chair. The Vervain laced chains sizzle against his skin. He tries so hard to hold on to his arrogance, but he is just a dog following orders. A dog that’s about to be struck down.“Four.”“I — I can’t,” he stammered , his bloodshot eyes fixed on me. “If I talk, he will kill my family. He will
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