200 YEARS AGO IN VALROK I let out another loud ear ripping scream as the maids held me down to the bed. The ropes they had tied around me were quickly becoming thin. Shadows swirled around me. They were dark and endless. They whispered words to me. Words of death, destruction, pain and chaos. If I welcomed them, they would give me power. Unlimited power. Another scream ripped out of me as red veins travelled up my arms and stomach. Whatever was happening to me, I wanted it to stop. It felt like my body was tearing itself apart. I was on fire. My throat and lungs burned with every breath that I took. Was I dying? I was going to die. The whispers of the shadows got louder but now I knew that no one but myself could see and hear them. Mother barged into the room, four more maids

