Chapter 174

• Ruby had seen many tortured people in her life, including some of the most horrific atrocities in Fritz’s den itself, but this…this made her want to throttle whoever did this to her. And something told her there was only one man capable of such brutality. Michael fucking Halest.
• The woman swiped her tears away and grimaced as pain shot through her arm with the slightest effort. “Does it matter?” She brushed her upper arm, hugging herself as if she was cold. She smiled sadly. “Whoever I used to be I can’t be that person anymore.”
• “Did Michael do this to you?” Ruby squatted in front of the woman, her arms still cuffed behind her back. “I swear my patience with that man has run out.”