Bound By Fate
he yelled, panic edging into his voice.
The flames erupted into existence without warning. They flared up, surrounding him, oppressing.
"No! Stop doing this!" Ivan screamed, his voice ripping with desperation.
But the chanting never wavered. The fire advanced, consuming him in its hot fury.
"This is not fair!" Ivan's voice cracked, his screams degenerating to raw gasps. "I did not select this! You all did this to me! It is an outrage for a Sister to give birth to a male child, but I never selected to be born! It was not my fault that my mother removed me from you, trying to rescue me from your death! It was not my fault that I was blessed with powers I never even knew how to utilize!"