When I came to, my vision was blurry and my head felt like it was being pounded with a hammer. It took me a while for the fog to clear enough for me to realize I’d been kidnapped.

My hands were bound, and I was hanging from the ceiling. I yanked at the chains, desperately trying to break free.

"Don't waste your energy, you're not leaving here alive." A gravelly voice came from my left.

I scanned the room until my eyes landed on the man who'd ...