Chapter 4: The Most Vile Man Alive

Henry Jefferson didn’t spare him a glance as he walked straight past, lifting Giselle Lambert into his arms and draping his jacket over her. She had multiple wounds on her body, with bruised, scraped marks on her knees. Even at his angriest, Henry would never harm her, yet these people had dared to treat her so cruelly. Gently, he wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with his thumb, his voice cool and detached, “Beat them up, then dump them in Wilker Bay.” Legend had it that Wilker Bay was swarming with sharks. The mobsters would first cripple the worst offenders before tossing them in to feed the fish, a process both long and excruciatingly painful. Scarface, terrified, began to whimper and desperately reached out to grab Henry for mercy. Men in identical black suits rushed forward, restraining Scarface and his lackeys. Henry had barely stepped out of the room with Giselle in his arms when agonizing screams erupted from inside, sounding inhuman. Inside Larocque Manor,