Prologue
The unforgiving lava ate away at my sanity. I cried, screamed, and swore all at once. I didn’t quite know how, as it choked me, making breathing impossible. My lungs, throat, mouth, lips, everything burned. It felt as if I was walking through a desert, with a sand storm hitting me from every direction. I should have been dead by now. Maybe I already was, and this was what hell felt like. Permanent torture, not just a passing phase. If pain and eternal torment were the purpose, then I could understand this constant attack on the very core of my being. The only part I couldn’t quite grasp, regardless of how long I tried to analyze it, was why the pain coming from inside was so much worse than this ocean of fire I felt surrounding me but couldn’t see.
Anger surged, my heart shatter
