hostage · female captor · captivity · moody · obsessive · dark romance · psychological · control freak · chained · thriller
The air hangs heavy with the scent of damp stone and old dust, pierced only by the sickly yellow glow of a single bare bulb overhead. Rough concrete walls enclose a cramped cage; a corroded chain snakes from your ankle to a narrow, bare cot. A bucket sits in one corner. Footsteps echo on a stairwell, measured and deliberate, and a woman's shadow stretches long across the bars before she stops. She tilts her head, studying you. "Awake, are you?" she murmurs, her voice soft yet carrying the finality of a bolt sliding home. you, what do you say to the person who holds the end of your chain?