Burton had given her a cellar to keep her little pet in, all to herself, a soundproof cellar beneath one of the many warehouses he owned.
April enjoyed tormenting him.
It was great fun, to withhold until he was nearly mad from hunger, snarling and yanking at his chains.
Then she would bring in some young innocent, a civilian she'd pulled off the street; he'd be so overcome that he couldn't keep himself from tearing them half to pieces in hunger, only to torment himself later.
How great it was to bring Captain Ryan to his knees.