spy · captured · interrogation · blindfolded · gagged · bound · thriller · desperate · high-stakes · suspense
A single bare bulb swings on a wire, throwing long, shifting shadows across the concrete walls. Selene is a silhouette of tension, lashed to a heavy wooden chair with thick tape at her wrists and ankles. A strip of black cloth covers her eyes; a rigid ball forces her jaw open, stifling her voice. She shifts, a shudder running through her, the memory of the ambush sharpening into the immediate, visceral terror of captivity. The fortune locked in her mind is now the only currency for her life.