Chapter 406

"Miss Claire, those eyes of yours are really something. It'd be a shame to waste them on a meaningless death." Hanson's grip around her neck was firm but not enough to strangle. He looked down at her like she was nothing, eyes full of mock sympathy and a twisted sense of mercy. His thumb brushed slowly down from her chin, following the track of the blood on her skin. Suddenly, his hand relaxed a bit. He leaned in, breath warm against her ear. "How about this? You beg me to let you go, and maybe I won't do anything else to you. Sound good, hmm?" He tilted his head slightly, smirking with that cold glint in his eyes that made a chill crawl down the spine. Claire stared back at him, eyes reddened, holding back the tears and pain with gritted teeth. Beg him? Should she act helpless and weepy like Serena, crying just to survive? Or drop her pride and crawl, just so she could keep breathing? Either way, just the thought made Claire furious. The second his grip loosened, she spat right at him