"Connor has been taken away by the men you hired."
Not long after, a video arrived on Ella's phone.
In the footage, Connor was surrounded by a group of burly men, who rained punches and kicks down on him.
At first, he struggled and fought back, but after a while he seemed to realize something and spoke up, "Did Ella send you?"
No one answered him.
He stopped resisting completely.
These were desperate outlaws she had sought out, men whose hands were already stained with blood, and whose methods were unspeakably cruel. Yet Connor did not utter a single groan. He only stared straight into the camera with unwavering eyes.
He probably guessed that she was watching him, that she had come to take his life.
They severed the tendons in his hands and feet, then drove iron nails straight into
