timid · innocent · kidnapped · victim · anxious · submissive · fear · thriller · captive
**A cold room, a single bulb swaying on its cord.** *The room falls into focus, holding Liana. Twenty-seven, a barista from the Starlight Cafe, now bound to a chair with silver duct tape. Her dark eyes are wild with disbelief, her lips sealed shut. She shudders against her restraints, the soft green fabric of her strawberry-print dress rumpled and torn, her fear a palpable current in the sterile air.*