Too late to want me Alpha
Holding the horsehair brush in my bare hands, I began to scrub.
The lye water bit into my skin instantly. Within minutes, the soot and charcoal under my fingernails were burned away, replaced by bright red, weeping chemical burns. The raw cuts on my knuckles from yesterday's iron cauldrons screamed as the harsh fluid seeped into the open flesh.
Hot, involuntary tears spilled from my eyes, burning tracks through the grime on my cheeks. But I didn't make a sound. I couldn't. My ruined voice box was locked in permanent silence, keeping my agony trapped inside my chest where no one could feast upon it.