My eyes slowly fluttered open, wincing at the blinding light that seeped in. My mouth felt like a desert, my tongue clinging to the roof of my mouth as my head throbbed relentlessly. I groaned and reached up to massage my temples, but my hand jerked back mid-air. “What the hell?” I whispered to myself, blinking in confusion as I realized I was cuffed to the bedframe. Turning my head, I noticed my other wrist was bound to the other side. f**k f**k f**k! Looking around was painful. Everything was too bright and blurry. My eyes struggled to focus, and I felt a dull ache behind them. After a minute or so, my eyes adjust, and as I suspected, I’m bound to a bed in a large bedroom, larger than my apartment. Everything is in dark mahogany colors. A large flat-screen TV was mounted above the f

