He walked over to her and examined her like a chef examines a piece of meat – interested but detached. The woman seemed to have passed out, either due to the physical exhaustion of being tied up and suspended, or due to shock. He slapped her gently on the cheek, heard her moan, so he did it again, harder; again, the same pitiful moan.
These American women, they were all so brash and vulgar, thought Chang dismissively as he began to undo the special knots he had tied at her wrists. One arm flopped down and he caught the weight of her body as it sagged; then, with his free arm, he reached up and expertly undid the second restraint and felt the remaining arm flop free from its bonds.
But as he did so, he felt something that only a man of his level of training would be aware of – a slight st
