Roman raised a finger and touched his forehead.
A whisper, a pulse of dark light. Time itself twisted.
A scream tore from his throat, raw and animalistic. His eyes rolled back, foam frothing at the corners of his mouth.
In his mind, the world had changed.
He was no longer the abuser. He was the victim.
He stood in a damp, cold room. His ribs ached from beatings. The smell of mold and urine stung his nose. Chains clinked softly around his ankles. His stomach roared, hollow for days. Flies buzzed near his mouth. A bucket in the corner overflowed with filth. The air was thick, suffocating, but worst of all was the silence.
Until the door creaked open.
His mother—no, Roman's stepmother—walked in. But this time, it wasn't love in her eyes. It was contempt, hunger for pain.
"So," she said, voice syrupy and sharp, "ready for breakfast?"
A rat was thrown at him, dead and half-rotting.
He screamed. Begged. Cried.
She laughed.
The memory shifted.
He was now at the dinner table. His stomach begged, his bones throbbed, and in front of him sat a single slice of stale bread. Roman sat across the table, dressed in clean clothes, a king at the table of rot.
"Please... just a bite more..."
Roman smiled coldly. "You didn't give me more. Remember? I was the dog under the table. Now it's your turn."
The stepbrother tried to speak, but his mouth disappeared. Panic erupted in his chest. He clutched at his face, but there was no mouth, no voice—just a silent scream.
The scene changed again.
He was naked, thrown into the snow. Children pointed and laughed. His skin burned, then froze. The pain was unbearable. Every snowflake was a needle.
He ran. Blind, barefoot. Bleeding. But no matter where he turned, more faces appeared.
Roman's.
Roman as a child.
Roman as a teen.
Roman broken.
"Feel it," the voices whispered. "Feel it like I did. Every kick. Every insult. Every time you told me I was worthless."
He stumbled into a house. Warmth. Light.
But it wasn't salvation. It was a stage.
He stood center stage, shackled, as Roman's memories played around him like a sick theater.
His stepmother kissing him while Roman bled in the hallway.
His girlfriend moaning in ecstasy while Roman wept.
Laughter, curses, beatings. Roman feeding them. Them mocking him.
Then the worst part came.
A mirror appeared.
He looked into it—and saw Roman's face.
But it was twisted in agony. Bruised, eyes swollen. Lips busted. Blood ran down his chin.
And he watched as he — his real self — stood above that Roman with a belt, hitting, again and again.
Then the belt snapped.
It flew from his hand and wrapped around his neck.
The mirror image changed. Now, he was on the floor. Roman stood over him.
"Does it hurt?" Roman whispered into his ear. "That feeling of helplessness? Good. You're not done yet."
Flames erupted.
His flesh began to burn. Skin peeled. Muscle sizzled. He screamed, but there was no voice.
Charred, broken, he fell into blackness.
Then—he was whole again. Standing.
And it began anew.
He relived the pain. All of it.
Once. Twice. Fifty times. A hundred.
Every time, something new was added: humiliation, guilt, regret. Memories twisted to inflict maximum torment. Roman's pain was now his own.
His mind cracked.
Back in the real world, Roman stood still, hand on his stepbrother's forehead. Eyes glowing.
His stepbrother's body shook violently. Nails scraped the floor. Blood leaked from his nose. His voice had become hoarse screams, guttural and raw.
Roman finally pulled his hand back.
The stepbrother collapsed, gasping, crying.
He looked up at Roman, a broken shell of pride and cruelty.
"P-please... make it stop... I'm sorry..."
Roman knelt beside him, voice soft and deadly.
"That was one lifetime of pain. I still have another to show you."
Nooooooooooo....
And he touched his forehead again.
In this illusion, his stepbrother had it all. A stunning MILF of a mother, two gorgeous, doting sisters, and a busty, loving girlfriend who adored him. Wealth flowed freely. His life was bliss. Women loved him. Friends admired him. His father beamed with pride.
Then one day, a new character entered the scene: an old friend from London.
Handsome. Charismatic. Dangerous.
This stranger quickly befriended everyone. The girlfriend started laughing at his jokes more than his own. The sisters, once affectionate, became distant and too familiar with the friend. Even his mother looked different when the friend entered the room—like she saw someone more valuable.
His father began comparing them.
"Why can't you be more like him? He's smart, driven... and he respects women."
Days passed. One by one, everything he cherished was stripped away.
His girlfriend? Caught moaning in the friend's arms.
His sisters? Turned into personal toys for the man.
His mother? Dressed in black lace, kneeling at the stranger's feet, calling him master.
The humiliation broke him.
No one remembered him. No one respected him. He was a background character in his own fantasy.
One night, he walked into the garden. Alone. Broken. Forgotten.
His chest ached.
A cold grip twisted his heart.
He dropped to his knees.
"Why... even in my dreams... am I nothing?"
Then, silence.
He died of a heart attack.
In the dream.
And in reality.
His body collapsed in front of Roman, eyes wide, mouth open in a silent scream of betrayal and despair.
Roman watched without pity.
"Now we're even."
Roman stood alone now.
The shelter was silent — soaked in blood, shadows, and memories.
But he didn't smile.
There was no peace.
"This world betrayed me. Just like they did."
He turned and walked into the black rain. Behind him, the shelter crumbled into dust.
Nothing left except the ashes of his privious life and sentiments,which he discarded completely.
Roman wasn't a man anymore.
He was something else.
Something the new world had never seen before.
And he had just begun.
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