Panic stormed through me. A deep tremble shook through my body and rattled out from between my teeth with a moan. Was the iron not working anymore?

I smashed my elbow into the wall to focus on the pain instead of the bone-chilling fright. It worked enough to get another screw into my mouth.

Thud. Thud. Silence.

My muscles had gone rigid, but I had to move. I slinked along the opposite wall, my gaze pinned to Randolph's door, then leaped into the dining room ...