Chapter 861

It Was Just a Daydream.

Connor snapped his eyes open. The gun was empty-no bullets, no chance of an escape that way. He scowled, fixing his gaze on Claire. "So, you couldn't stand the thought of me dying, huh?"

Claire let out a laugh that echoed crazily in the room. "Oh, Connor, I'm just playing with you. Letting you die easily would be too kind. I still have debts to settle, so of course, I can't let you go just yet."

Connor's face turned cold as ice, a flicker of fear dancing in his eyes. Death didn't scare him. It was just a fleeting moment, maybe even a release for those left behind. But Claire, in her current state, terrified him. She wanted to make him suffer.

He wasn't afraid of his own pain. No, what haunted him was the thought of Claire using Chloe against him, making him watch as she suffered. That was a torment far worse than death by a thousand cuts.

asked, his voice steady despite the storm

The pain I went through back then? You all have to feel it too, before you can even

slammed shut, sealing him in complete darkness. It was like a black

kicks from Claire still burning deep. He could barely stand, but he had bigger worries. Claire had said Chloe

that only the east wall shared a boundary with another room. He slumped against it, the thought of Chloe

Connor tapped it gently and watched as

the pitch-black

Claire had used for her tea. Smashing it against the table's edge, he picked up a sharp piece from the fragments. He found a particularly eroded corner of the

soft rustling against the wall. At first, she thought it might

realized it was more than that @rhythmic tapping,

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