Chapter XVI: SEEING TOO MUCH; SEEING ENOUGHThe stinging slap brought her back, brought her out of the darkness she had fallen into, with a harsh gasp. Belamay lifted her head, opened her eyes, but saw little more than shadows. She tried to move.
Then the pain hit her, in her arms and legs. She tried to move again, differently, and cried out with the agony of it. Ropes bound her, and tightly so. Though she stood, her captured arms were suspended above her head, bound to walls by chains. Her legs, spread and quivering, were ensnared in the same fashion. Her body formed a star of imprisonment. Any move, even the littlest sort, carried with it great pain, but no chance for escape.
“Ah, you are awake, finally.” The snide, slippery male voice came at her from out of the shadows and Belamay bli
