Written for the 5sentencefics community on Live Journal.
3/25
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"Trial by fire or trial by ordeal; in one instance, the accused would walk nine paces with a red-hot iron bar held in both hands, or walk across nine or so red-hot blades on the ground. There are several other kinds of things that fall under 'trial by ordeal', by those two are the most common."
Linden glanced at Toby out of the corner of his eye, and wasn't surprised to see that he was white as a sheet—he was sure he was too. The idea of Max being held captive by someone who was known to use these techniques on his prisoners was horrible and frightening. He grabbed his teammate's hand under the table and squeezed hard, trying to reassure him, because Max would be all right.
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