Slipped

Third POV

Pain hit me the moment Hector walked out of the room.

His footsteps faded, but the ringing in my ears did not. My entire body throbbed. Blood ran down my back, soaking into the ropes that still held me to the chair.

A few seconds later one of his men re-entered and casually sliced the ropes, letting me fall forward. My knees hit the floor. I stayed there, hunched, gasping. But I was aliv