My mind raced and my blood pounded beneath my restraints.
I was always better at doing than at talking. There were no perfect words I could conjure to save myself.
My only chance was to shift the situation to my advantage.
The guards smirked as they approached. Tensing, I tried to prepare myself. I knew how well years of combat training had honed me – I just needed to be unbound.
“Please,” I whimpered as they pulled out my gag, letting all the terror of this nightmarish day leak into my voice. “I won’t fight you – just don’t hurt me – you can do whatever you want!”
That made the guards cackle. The pair all but dove down to untie my legs.
I felt the tight bonds around my ankles loosen, then finally release.
The second the guard tried to force my legs open, I leaped.
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