ellipsis

I'm looking to merge two paragraphs with an ellipsis.
The first paragraph is a person speaking, and the paragraph ends with this line:

Hero: "The hound begins to circle around me and at last, it launches…”

Followed by the beginning of the second paragraph which begins with this line:

...And thrusts its fangs, as our hero parries.

So merging two paragraphs:

Hero: "The hound begins to circle around me and at last, it launches…”

...And thrusts its fangs, as our hero parries.

Here is my question:
is "and" in the second sentence capitalized or should be left lower case?

Which of these three would be correct?
...And thrusts its fangs, as our hero parries.
...and thrusts its fangs, as our hero parries.
And thrusts its fangs, as our hero parries.

Thanks