ContentWarning:
****This chapter contains depictions of psychological torment, emotional abuse, disturbing imagery, self-harm ideation, and graphic violence. Reader discretion is advised. ***
P.S.: This chapter is important for future plot progression. If you are not comfortable with the content, you may skip to the next chapter. However, this scene contains a subtle hint about what will happen later and why certain characters behave differently from how they did in the original novel.
Darkness….
Complete Darkness…
A suffocating blackness stretched endlessly in every direction. There were no walls, no sky, no ground, just an abyss that pressed in from all sides. The silence was eerie at first. But then, somewhere deep within that void…
Clink.
Chains. Heavy, rusted, dragging across stone. The harsh metal scraped the ground, echoing, magnifying the horror deep inside. The stench followed, like rotting, wet and foul.
Clink…Clink…Clank.
