Now, Reuel Caddel was a man with principles. Self-made principles.
One of those principles included running a clean business, he never ventured into anything illegal, always trying to do things by the book... His book!
But once in a while, just sometimes, there are some situations that need a special way of handling. Some extreme measures are called for, and some things have to be done.
He calls it them "Cardinal measures," and these measures are taken only on very, very, needed occasions.
And today was one of those occasions...
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!" Gray screamed as once again his face was pressed close to the burning flames, the side of his face had turned a dark shade of red.
Bruises all over his back were evidence of the hard whips that had landed on his bare back.
*Hehhhh* a guy drags in oxygen as his head is pulled out of a drum of ice cold water. And after him, two more heads are pulled out of the drum too.
