The Tortured

Cont. 3

But in that darkness, Jon found a flicker of resolve, a flame ignited by the deepest, most primal human instinct: survival. The day arrived when he could endure no more. In a moment laced with desperation and rage, he turned the tables, becoming both predator and prey. The air crackled with the tension of a life-or-death struggle, and as the last of his captors fell silent, Jon felt a surge of power course through him-a dark awakening.