A Flame in the Shadow
Ember is dressed in fire-forged armor, standing over my chained body.
“You were always too soft, Bastion.” She says. “Too foolish and self-centered to see what I really needed.”
The same man stands behind her, arms folded, looking like a muscle-bound god. “You want me to kill him, Flame?”
She smiles “No. let him rot. He was never worth my time.”
The vision faded and I screamed, not out loud, my dry throat couldn’t handle it. But inside, where it counts. Where she wants it to hurt.
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