Every cell in my body felt like it was on fire. I screamed and writhed in agony. Nothing had ever felt this horrible, not even when the Cryptex cursed me.

I could hear my screams echoing off the bathroom walls, my mind swimming in pain and fear. I didn’t know what was happening to me. The pain was going to kill me. I just knew it….

How could anyone survive that kind of pain?

Suddenly, I felt like I was falling. The bathroom floor dropped out from under me ...