Pain wracked Asher everywhere but he welcomed it all. Purging on it to remind himself. Still, no matter how harsh the external bruises were, it felt nonsensical compared to the agony in his heart. Still, Asher told himself he deserved it all. This was the price he had to pay for allowing his mind to be led astray… believing in something which was impossible. The worst was that he turned his back on his allies… betrayed them for the sake of some vampire. His torturous mind dragged him back towards thoughts of Serah and the pain in his heart escalated by landslides and he had to pull on his restraints until he felt like his arms would be torn off. All this in an attempt to numb out the ache in his heart. But it never seemed to work. He almost wished the others would return to remind him of h
