Lucia
The agony was unending. Relentlessly beating on me, crushing all my strength... my will… my hope. My throat burned from the need to scream. In fact I was wailing in pure misery internally. But I wouldn't allow a single sound to come out… even if I had to bite on my lips until the skin broke just so I could block off all screams. I couldn't let myself break at this point, if ever. It took some otherworldly effort to keep from making any movement… to stamp down the instinct screaming at me to get away from that object mercilessly stabbing at my flesh. I did it not to keep my wound from getting worse… in fact, it would be better if I succumbed to it right now. Anything would be preferable over undergoing Adriano's torture. The reason I held back was to show them I wouldn't crumble… to
