I collapsed to my knees. "Please… no. Not here. Anything but this."
The laughter echoed again, sharp and cruel.
"Anything?"
The ground split beneath me, and a thousand hands clawed upward, skeletal fingers scraping my skin. I fought them off, terror ripping through me.
"Then hear my offer," the voice thundered. "Escape this fate. Not by mercy—but by redemption."
The claws froze. The air thickened.
My heart pounded. An offer? In this place?
"What… what do you want from me?" I whispered.