"Can you lend me this, please?" she asked, her voice barely coming out as a whisper.

Rage’s expression hardened as she unlocked the chain from his neck herself, skipping away and almost falling on her way.

***

Amaria's shallow breaths were the only sounds that could be heard as she had run out of breath. Her whimpers came slowly as her body dangled over the hot, oozing steam. She had now become a shadow of herself as the nonstop steaming had taken a toll on her.

It's like the fire beneath the water iron never goes out because the water's hotness never went down, so the steam kept coming, hitting...