Xylon's patience wore thin, his gaze piercing and relentless as he pressed her for answers.
"Speak, Eva, now," he demanded, his voice a harsh rasp that cut through the silence like a knife. "Tell me everything."
But Eva's attempts to comply were futile, her words reduced to a jumbled mess of stuttered syllables and broken fragments.
With each failed attempt, her frustration grew, mingling with the searing pain that pulsed through her veins like fire.
"Pl-please," she pleaded, her voice trembling with desperation. But Xylon remained unmoved, his eyes cold and unforgiving as he loomed over her with an air of ruthless determination.
With a trembling hand, Eva reached up to grasp her throbbing neck, her fingers trembling as they traced the lines of the glowing tattoo.
The pain was unbearable, a relentless torment that threatened to consume her from the inside out.