Chapter 5

Over breakfast at the villa, I was talking with Liam about our next move.

A servant came in to say that Peter and Amy had arrived.

I didn't want to see them.

Liam looked at me and said, "You know why a cat doesn't eat a mouse right after catching it? It likes to toy with it first, plays around until it has enough fun, and only then does it eat it.

"It terrifies the mouse, again and again, before it finishes it off.

"That's what it means to suffer a fate worse than death."

I felt a sudden urge…