“Choose to join us, and you will be given the chance to witness the dawn of a new, glorious age. You will transcend from your lowly mortal state into something greater. Holier.” I was shivering so violently that Gloam struggled to keep his grip on me, fingers tightening in a silent, painful message. “If you refuse, your body will be cleansed by my holy fire and sacrificed to nourish this congregation.” What a fancy way of saying they were going to burn me alive and eat me.
