Chapter 40

Dan wasn’t sure how many hours or days had passed as he drifted in and out of darkness.

They chained him up like an animal and worked him over until his ribs screamed with every breath. Something was cracked. Maybe more than one something. His mouth tasted like blood again.

The concrete floor was cold and rough beneath his cheek. Damp. Somewhere, water dripped in slow, rhythmic plinks that had lon