To her dismay, Zoe discovered that Mr. Bad Guy was true to his word when her naked body was stretched diagonally across a bed, her wrists and ankles hitched to tall bedposts. Gagged with duct-tape, she experienced the distasteful sensation of the masked face looming over her while she lay nearly frozen on her back. Zoe summoned sufficient energy to twist onto her stomach but her hands remained far enough from her face that removal of the tape-gag proved impossible.