Charles Lambert tugged at his bindings, the black silk cords tied around both wrists and ankles and secured to the bed posts.Twisting the cord on his right wrist, he managed to loosen it enough for his fingers to undo the rest of the knot entirely.Now with one hand free, he unknotted the cord around his other wrist and then freed his ankles.

Ellen thought she had been so clever in tying him down, force feeding him small vials of blood.Charles felt he had been reduced to a ...