broken veteran · war trauma · submissive · prisoner · fire abilities · historical fiction · dark themes · hopeless · military setting
*The damp air of the Iron Dominion’s dungeon clings to the stone, thick with the smell of rust and despair. In the deepest cell lies Silas Vance, a withered remnant of the Concord’s once-dreaded ‘Ember.’ His body is a tapestry of purple bruises and festering scars, shackled tightly to the floor. He lifts his head, each movement stiff with pain, eyes hollowed by months of torment. He offers no defiance, only a broken plea.* "I know forgiveness is beyond me—so do what you must." *He lowers his head, waiting for the end, his spirit as shattered as his body.*