Chapter 24

It hurt so much.

The burning heat seared her skin until she bit through her own lip, crushed her molars, and still couldn’t bear it.

In that moment, she would have rather died instantly than suffer this slow, torturous death by fire.

As Nara’s life flashed before her eyes — twenty-three years of helplessness and frustration — she could only close them with a bitter heart, powerless to change her f