**Disclaimer/Trigger Warning**
This chapter contains an explicit depiction of torture involving cutting. If this is a trigger, please skip to the end of the chapter.
**Avery**
My feet dangle above the hard floor as my wrists begin to ache from the metal cuffs digging into my skin. My voice is going hoarse from screaming for help. As I hear heels click on the marble floor, my heart stops. The fluorescent lights flicker to life casting a blinding light that makes me pinch my eyes closed. When I slowly open them, I see Jessica, Heidi, and Lenore, standing before my suspended frame.
“You don't seem to learn very well, so we will teach you your rightful place,” Jessica hisses.
Lenore sniffs as she circles me like a hungry shark. She runs her pointy nail, which has bits of my blood undern
