Permanent Distress

"Now, tell me-," said Al.

"Al, you should probably take off the gag if you want her to answer anything you're gonna ask." Interrupted the other man.

"Thanks, Tony, but have you considered the fact that I may not want her to make any noise?"

"Then how is she gonna answer your questions?"

"She's not going to."

"What's the point of even asking then?" There was a long silence, and then the shuffling of feet. I heard Tony, the larger man make an exasperated sigh as he too, started to walk away, or it just sounded like he did.

As soon as it sounded like they had left, I began to attempt to writhe my hands out of the ropes that bound me to the chair.
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Lora is at the last straw with her boss. She has one last chance to prove herself to him before he fires her. However, her life is put in danger when she finds what could be the biggest case yet.

Content and/or Trigger Warning: Violence

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A work in progress.
A Secret Society (The Secret Society Series) book. With assistance from Finn Anata (E.A.).
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