[The actual amount has increased by three rupees, attributed to its most anticipated part, which I seized as an opportunity.]

⚠️Mature content ahead⚠️

44|| strike and shot

My ears were ringing, like a continuous ring traveling to my head, thumping loudly in my skull, sending throbbing pain.

I wanted to breathe. But I couldn't. Just a painful strike slicing my skin open, sending a burning numbness through me. I wanted to breathe, to soothe the burning ache constricting my lungs. I couldn't feel any part of me. Neither my leg nor my hands. I fell on the ground, on my knees, scraping my skin with the impact, my numbing fingers clutching anything they could grasp. I dug my fingers into my wrist, scratching myself to stop the thud in my head. I wanted something.