THE UNBROKEN THREAD
Slowly, and carefully, I shifted my hand in a bid to loosen the rope, but the more I tried, the further the fibres dug into my skin; then it hit me, struggling was pointless and so was calling for help.
I held still and listened. At first it was nothing, then a faint sound reached me through the walls, low voices, I couldn’t recognise any of them, nor the scent. My stomach tightened at the thought of what they might do to me, someone had planned this I was sure, another thought followed quickly behind it, why me?
The sound of footsteps approaching the door interrupted my train of thoughts, the door opened with a creak, two sets of boots entered the room.
“She’s still out?” a rough voice said
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