These immediately encountered the deer antlers he was hanging from. Reflexively Ed gripped their bases. And though the mounted cap of skull was screwed far too solidly to the wall to be ripped down, having something unyielding to grab onto helped him to brace himself.
Pain and damage like he’d never imagined were about to happen. Yet as Sawyer pulled over a chair to begin carrying out his gruesome threats of incremental dismemberment, Ed saw Julie go right back to work. That was good enough for him
Unwilling to give her away by drawing attention to her efforts, he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and clung to his uttermost guts. Though the identical bindings on his ankles severely limited his resistance, Ed nevertheless readied himself to at least wriggle and twist.
Anything that del
