The stench of decaying flesh hung thick in the air. It was sickening and nauseating. It was really unbearable.

Closing in, Tessa asked Raegan tauntingly, "Have you seen it clearly?

I can't go back to the days when I was a decent lady from a wealthy family. What else do I have left to fear in this world?"

Raegan's eyes widened, and she was left speechless. She couldn't quite comprehend what Tessa had gone through.

Tessa's disfigured countenance was a terrible sight to see. It was capable of reducing children to tears and inflicting nightmares upon adults.

"Do you know why I look like this?"

Raegan managed to free her hands behind her back from the rope and asked, “Why?”

"It's all thanks to Mitchel! He launched an intense and unrelenting chase after me. While the police had been tracking me down, he lent a helping hand on it, blocking all possible escape routes. Desperate and penniless, I sought refuge with an elderly fisherman on a remote coastal island..."

Memories filled Tessa's mind in an instant.

The fisherman first treated her well, giving her food and clean clothes.

But hope soon turned to despair when she discovered the dark truth.

The fisherman held numerous women captive and subjected them to unimaginable torment.

His sadistic acts had left scars on their bodies. He had also salted their wounds to avoid putrefaction.

When he took Tessa in, the last captive was barely breathing, legs and body covered in bloody cuts.

The fisherman had calmly put salt on the woman's wound and said, “By doing this, it won't stink."

Tessa was trapped in that living nightmare and did not dare to resist.

She took care of the fisherman's needs and cooked for him during the day. During the night, she suffered from his brutal abuse, which was exacerbated by his consumption of a mysterious medicine.

The torment would go on throughout the night, haunting Tessa until the fisherman succumbed to a deep slumber in the daylight hours.

Tessa's frail form, worn and weathered, bore the scars of her harrowing experience.

One fateful day, when the fisherman embarked on his fishing expeditions, Tessa realized her moment had come.