Chapter 57 Bottomless Hole

It had been five days since Nate had been captured. Five days without food or water, but starvation was the least of his worries. Every single day, without fail, the robed man would visit him. Each visit brought hours of relentless torture—pushing Nate's body and mind to their absolute limits.

Every time the torture ended, a young girl would be brought in to heal him. Her small hands would tremble as she worked, her face pale with fear. Though she mended his surface wounds, Nate could still feel the internal damage festering inside him. His ribs ached with every shallow breath, and the constant agony felt like it was eating him alive.

He hung limply from the chains that bound his wrists above his head, his feet barely grazing the cold stone floor. His muscles screamed from the strain, but his exhaustion had dulled the pain to a distant throb.