Chapter ThirteenInterview
“You gonna tell us now?”
I hung from the suspension bar on a pair of chains. My arms were spread out in a taut “V” shape. Feet pointed at the floor, legs limp and my head drooped forward. Watery vision cast everything in a blur as Kanen’s demands reverberated in my ears.
“Taylor? Taylor! Wake up!”
Kanen slapped my t**s.
“Aaahhh! Aaeeehhh!”
“Well, she’s still with us,” Livia said.
“But for how long?” Thera. She hadn’t laid a hand on me, yet stood back in the shadows. A little flick of her hand here, a nod of her head there directed Kanen and Livia in their interrogation. For Kanen, it was the whip; blades of leather whistling through the air to score my outside skin. Livia delved further. With precise care she applied small, electric pads which stuck to my l
