*No matter how he speaks to her, his voice isn't getting through. Following her brief spell of normalcy, it's like the taunting voice in her head has come back with a vengeance. Or at least, it seems that way at first, the way her body keeps twisting and pulling.

Then she stops at that whisper, but it's not enough to bring her back. If anything, it makes her try even harder to pull away, her nails digging and clawing at his back, frantically doing what she can to be apart from him. She can't kill him if she's so painfully close.

The burning around her skin causes her to spasm and scream, though it doesn't seem to be her own, belong to someone, or something else instead. But soon she makes no sound, eyes and mouth open in horror, until they disappear completely in the flames*