A jolt of electricity shot through her body, searing and sharp, as if she’d been burned alive. A fierce, stinging pain crashed over her in waves.
Emily Blair clenched her jaw, a muffled groan escaping her lips as her muscles convulsed. Every inch of her shook violently, her old injuries from the car accident throbbing anew. The combined agony made her want to leap from the chair, desperate for relief.
But the ropes binding her were tight and unyielding. No matter how she struggled, it was pointless—she only succeeded in digging the cords deeper into her skin, leaving raw, angry welts.
The current lasted for half a minute, maybe more. By the time it stopped, a cold sweat slicked her skin, her face pale, chest heaving as she fought for breath—like an athlete stumbling off the track after an exhausting race.
Dizzy and faint, Emily blinked through the haze, only to hear the mocking laughter of the two men across from her.
She forced her eyes open and met their gaze.
The tall one and the heavyset one looked delighted by her reaction, their laughter echoing louder in the small room.
Emily waited, pressing herself through the tingling aftermath until the numbness began to fade.
They were precise with the voltage—enough to hurt, but not enough to kill.
The tall man grinned and waved the remote at her, then pressed the button again.
The shock tore through her for a second time. Emily squeezed her eyes shut, every muscle rigid, pain stacking on pain until sweat poured down her face, her brain pounding in her skull. The cries that slipped from her tightly pressed lips were raw and desperate, veins standing out starkly against the pale skin of her neck.
The men’s laughter sounded distant now, muffled and faint, as if coming from behind a wall.
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