Violette opened her eyes. The world was hazy and she didn’t remember when she’d fallen asleep. She went to rub her eyes and couldn’t.
The pressure on her wrists and ankles slammed her into consciousness. She tried to sit up and felt the same pressure on her ankles. Then she remembered. The memory closed in on her with the force of an attack. She’d been in the bath when a strong hand had clamped over her nose and mouth, forcing her to inhale something that made her black out.
Her eyes widened. The dark, terrifying realization of what had happened spread through her body with a chill like she’d never known. She tried to open her mouth to scream only to find it gagged. All she could do was utter a muffled cry.
She struggled vainly against her bonds. Whoever had bound her had tied her very
