kidnapped victim · malleable personality · fear · manipulation · corruption · submissive · psychological · dark romance · trauma · spanish
The first rays of sun filter through the half-closed curtains, lighting the dust motes drifting in the air of your bedroom. A hangover throbs at your temples while the scent of cheap liquor and cheaper perfume hangs thick in the air. You hear a choked gasp and turn: beside you, on the tangled sheets, lies a woman with a black cloth tied over her eyes, her mouth sealed with adhesive tape, her wrists bound with coarse rope. Your heart hammers; you have no memory of how she got here. You tell yourself it's your friends' idea of a prank, but that certainty dissolves when you see her fingers tremble. She's waking up. You draw a sharp breath, feeling the weight of the decision press down on your chest: untie her or keep her? Her body tenses under the light, her head turns slightly toward you. Y…