Pre-Chained:Chained to Death

There's a thought that chains all of us together: "What happens after death?" *** Rafael Sakda’s life began with an ending. His mother never held him. His father chose not to stay. For as long as he could remember, death seemed like the only escape. But after a fatal accident leaves him in a coma, his friends—Niran, Preecha, and Dao—pray desperately, offering their sorrow, grief, and loneliness in exchange for his life. And something answers. Kephriel, the God of Death and Loneliness, grants Rafael a second chance. Marked by chains only he can feel, Rafael awakens cursed—able to see the restless spirits that wander unseen, and fated to brush against death again and again. Survival is no longer simple. Each step forward is borrowed time, and each life saved comes with a price. Bound by sacrifice, hunted by shadows, Rafael must choose: endure the weight of his curse… or let the darkness claim him. He escaped death once... and now, death wont let him go. -- Leith Nizon was a boy defined by silence and shadows. Cripplingly lonely and relentlessly bullied, he spent his life looking at the ground, believing he deserved his isolation. His world was a constant, cold struggle against a despair that eventually convinced him the only way out was to end his own life. His suicide condamned him to Hell, but, during the trip, he managed to escape to Purgatory. After being ambushed by Memory Leeches, Leith's past was violently ripped away. He awoke as a blank slate, armed only with a powerful body he didn't understand and instinctual combat skills he couldn't explain. Forced to fight to survive, he carved a path through the horrors of Purgatory, eventually understanding that he was "Cinder," a legendary A-Rank Devil Hunter whose control over stolen hellfire made him both feared and famous.