Chapter Ten The Second Test Jessica panted hard as she lay back on the bare springs of the cot. Her heart pounded in her chest, a result of both the terror of what she knew was coming, and her intense hatred of the man who was doing this to her. The scene played out as it had the first night she had been locked in place. The familiar music started up as if on cue as her captor left her alone in the dark. On some level, it felt like it had been a lifetime ago that she had first experienced this particular torture. So much had happened since then. She couldn’t believe just how much her life had changed in that time, and she realized that she really didn’t know how long it had been. A sob wracked the cuffed girl’s body as the music abruptly ended and was replaced by the hissing static soun

