Half a day later, Number 114 finally stopped, still unsatisfied.

Ethan no longer looked human. What remained was a grotesque heap of bones and mangled flesh—a corpse pieced together by torment.

He had been tortured for more than five full hours.

Humming to herself, the woman went upstairs.

Ethan had said there were three people in the family. That meant two were still left.

Torturing others didn't bring quite the same thrill, but anyone connected to Ethan was fair game. She was more than ha