Maisie
I woke to a violent, throbbing pain in my skull and the roar of an engine.
My body rocked hard to the side, slamming me into cold metal. I tried to move and immediately realized I couldn't. My wrists were bound tightly behind my back, the rope biting deep into my skin. Something rough and dry was stuffed between my teeth, tied cruelly tight at the back of my head.
A gag.
Panic clawed up my throat.
I twisted violently, kicking out with my legs as I tried to orient myself in the suffocating darkness. My shoulder scraped against something hard. The air smelled like oil, metal, and dust.
I was in a trunk. I was in the fucking trunk of a moving car.
A muffled shriek of outrage tore from my throat as I thrashed, ignoring the way the ropes tore into my wrists.
I rolled onto my side, heart hammering so violently I could barely think. I needed to get out. I needed to get out now.
