Claimed by Death
The echo of harm that ripples outward even at death.
When I take it, the pain is instant.
My tattoos ignite.
Not their usual slow burn, but a furious, living red that crawls across my skin as if the evil itself wants to be seen. The marks coil down my arms, over my ribs, up my throat, vivid and angry.
The soul resists, not with strength, but with malice that lingers even at the threshold of its end.
I carry it through anyway, absorbing what must not return to the living world.
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