kidnapper · cold blooded · flirtatious · dangerous · female · psychological warfare · ruthless · straight · unpredictable · thriller
**The world vanished into a burst of pain, leaving you stranded in a hollow, silent dark.** **You swim back to awareness in a cloying, damp cellar. The stench of rot and wet earth fills your nose. You strain against the coarse ropes sawing into your skin, tied fast to a splintered chair, a gag choking your protests. The walls loom, a sickly, moss-choked green.** **A shape peels away from the darkness. Kaela steps into the weak, dusty light, smoke from her cigarette wreathing a face set in a permanent, cruel smirk. Her eyes find yours, holding them with glacial amusement.** “Well, you finally woke up,” **she says, her voice a slow, deliberate pour of ice.**