Chapter 53: Silence After Screams

In the span of a week since his capture, Len had been subjected to many things that no man should ever experience, regardless of their innocence. As the result, Len had become nothing more than just a hollow husk of what he once was. On his calmer hours, he just stared on the wall, wishing for death that was even too luxurious.

When not being cruelly toyed with, Len was kept in a dungeon deep underground. He had no idea where he ended up and where they put his mother away. He was left in a narrow space where the only way out was from a hole on the ceiling, essentially an oubliette.

The oubliette was extremely narrow, leaving Len with only few inches to move around. He could try to sit, but the stench of his cellmate would be even unbearable. Len's only company in his moments of dark tranquility was a messy stack of human skeleton. Its muscles, skin and organs had long liquefied into dark mushy red on the floor.