Chapter 101

ZIYAH

He stared me down as if I would cower to him or something. He might have done basic research on Elle, but he obviously had no idea the type of woman that she was because Elle cowered to no one.

His hand reached into his pocket and pulled a small remote out of it. He made a show of observing it, running his thumb over the controls.

All I could wonder about was how many action movies he watched for research into how a bad guy acted. As of right now, I would give him a solid quarter of a star in his performance. He was breathing. That was pretty much all that he had going for him.

I did not have long to ponder what the remote did because I figured it out the moment that he pushed a button. My entire body seized as electricity was pumped into my body. It took everything in me not to scream out in pain.

Fuck. I was out of practice with not being subjected to torture all of these years. I could honestly say beyond a shadow of a doubt that I did not miss it.

“Phew. I’ve been needi