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SHE WOKE WITH her face throbbing and her whole body sore.
With a groan, she used the wall behind her to wriggle up to sitting. Exacerbated by the dampness of her tears and drool, the blindfold and gag had rubbed as she’d slept, causing her skin to sting. Having them around her face only served to increase her claustrophobia, making panic rise inside her like flood water.
She needed to get them off.
Her mouth hurt the worst, so she used her tongue to push against the material, forcing it outward, and stretching it. She wriggled her jaw until it ached, and used her shoulder to roll the material down. After what felt like forever, and with her tongue, lips, and jaw aching and rubbed raw, she managed to push her gag from her mouth. She exhaled a sigh of relief, and
