Lord á Necros (2)

A suffocating darkness swallowed Buji whole. His limbs felt heavy, his breath shallow. That voice—it had stripped away the air, the fight, the very will from his body.

"You do not belong here."

"I said, you do not belong here."

The words echoed in his skull, reverberating like an unholy decree.

Then—

A force ripped through him.

Buji's body convulsed. His vision flickered as his mind fought to stay conscious. He had felt pain before, had endured wounds in battle, but this—this was something else entirely.

It was as if his very soul was being crushed.

His fingers trembled against the stone floor as he struggled to rise.

Move!

His body refused.

A sharp clinking sound reached his ears. The chains.

They slithered through the air like vipers, wrapping around his arms and legs before he could react.

Snap!

Agony shot through his bones as the chains tightened.