I tried every door. Locked. Another one. Locked. Another— This one gave a little. I pushed harder. It creaked open on its own. The darkness inside wasn’t just dark — it felt alive. I hesitated at the threshold, listening. Nothing but the rain and my pulse thudding in my ears. Then a sound — faint, metallic — clink, clink, clink. Chains. My breath caught. I stepped in, just a little, squinting through the dim. The door slammed shut behind me. I screamed, spinning around, clawing at the handle — but it wouldn’t move. My heart went wild. I turned back, pressing against the door, eyes straining to see through the black. There was a sound — low, broken. A groan. And when my eyes finally adjusted, I saw him. A man. Hanging from the ceiling. Bound by his wrists, body trembling, stripped down to nothing but shredded fabric around his waist. His skin was a canvas of blood and bruises, his face unrecognizable beneath it all. A gag pressed between his lips. He was alive. Barely.
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