TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains sensible information, such as descriptions of the physical and mental torture of a child, which some readers may find disturbing. Reader’s discretion is advised.
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“I can’t even tell you what they did to me,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. The memories of the Underworld resurfaced like an endless nightmare, and it took every ounce of strength I had to keep speaking. Tori and Lillian were silent, their expressions grave, but I couldn’t stop now. “They experimented on me… but my flesh burned me, and they even took my organs out while I was alive. But that never broke me.”
Tori gasped softly, her eyes wide with horror, while Lillian’s face hardened, a quiet fury simmering beneath her calm exterior.
“It didn’t matter ho
