Chapter 76 The Short End Of The Stick

• LUCIEN
• I was burning up from the inside, except there was no fire. My breathing was strained, and my heartbeat was slowing down. I was starting to get dizzy from lack of oxygen, and the agony in my bones was slowly stealing my sanity from me.
• I wasn't alone in that room, I knew that much. But I couldn't see, couldn't think straight. It was like being in hell, an invisible flame setting me on fire.