Chapter Five
Rays of sunlight streaming through the far windows lit-up every dancing dust mite in the room until the air literally glittered with tiny winking sparks. Alexa watched the dance, mesmerized and numb. Two hours of hell had passed since Bo chained her in the corner, during which she heard every tick of the hallway clock, the chimes every 15 minutes, and when the clock struck four she greeted the tolling chimes like a funeral dirge. Waiting became excruciatingly painful when all she had was the hard floor and the plastered walls to comfort her listless bones. The facts of her situation depressed her, most notably the truth that despite her anger and agitation regarding her circumstances, she was incredibly aroused. She’d spent nearly six years living an ordinary life, having ord
