Unwilling Vows

POV Cora.

Burning incense filled my lungs. My father’s ruthless threat echoed in the hollow chambers of my mind. He promised to revoke my hard-earned medical license permanently if I defied him. He knew exactly where to strike. Medicine was my sole lifeline. It was the only tangible piece of freedom I possessed in this suffocating syndicate world. Now, I stood rigid at the grand altar of a dim, p