Time was passing slowly for Aether. She sat on the bed, legs held apart, wearing only her panties and wondering what would be her fate. She knew she could not move her legs at all, and although she could lean back on the bed, she dared not for fear she wouldn't be able to get up. She tried to get at the tape sealing her mouth, but there was no way to get a grip on it with her hands tied behind her back.

Would her captors return or had she been abandoned in this derelict place?