• The Day He Dies!

Ethan's eyes fluttered open to the view of some men hovering around him. He was on his knees, each of his arms tied to individual poles on either side.

His head hung loosely, and his body trembled in weakness. It's been almost three days, three days with no food.

Adjacent to him, not too far off was Jax, who was also weak and covered in bruises.

For the first time, Ethan felt truly defeated. He didn't have any escape plan, because there was none. Cyrus walked up to him. “Ethan Vanguard, today is the day you die!” he threatened.

Ethan shared a knowing look with Jax, this was it, this was how they’d go. He squeezed his eyes shut in acceptance of his fate. Cyrus grabbed a blade that was lying on a table in the distance and struck it against some rocks to sharpen it. Each time the blade met with the rocks, Ethan swallowed.

Lord Cyrus was wearing a shit eating grin as he neared Ethan, much to Ethan’s surprise, Cyrus moved behind him and simply just stood there.

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