[The warehouse is cold, and dark, but Joan is beyond able to recognize either things, beyond able to perceive anything but pain.
She's been in Moriarty's clutches for three days now. She had expected to be questioned, to have to do her equivalent of giving name and rank and nothing more. But the men never ask her anything. They just hurt her. Over and over.
They're not here now, and that's its own torture. She knows they'll be back, even if she doesn't know when. It could be hours from now, it could be the next second. She had no way of predicting, much less of controlling.
She's duct taped to a chair, her wrists bound behind her, her ankles bound to the chair legs, strips wound around her chest. She sags against her bonds, head bowed. She can feel blood trickling down the side of her face. The last beating must have opened a cut in her forehead. Her nose is bloodied too, and as her mouth is also taped, she snuffles through it, barely able to breathe.
They don't want her for answers. And she strongly suspects they don't want her for ransom. They want her pain. Moriarty wants to see her suffer, and will kill her when she's feeling merciful.
One question! Have you been spoiled as to the identity of Moriarty?
She's been in Moriarty's clutches for three days now. She had expected to be questioned, to have to do her equivalent of giving name and rank and nothing more. But the men never ask her anything. They just hurt her. Over and over.
They're not here now, and that's its own torture. She knows they'll be back, even if she doesn't know when. It could be hours from now, it could be the next second. She had no way of predicting, much less of controlling.
She's duct taped to a chair, her wrists bound behind her, her ankles bound to the chair legs, strips wound around her chest. She sags against her bonds, head bowed. She can feel blood trickling down the side of her face. The last beating must have opened a cut in her forehead. Her nose is bloodied too, and as her mouth is also taped, she snuffles through it, barely able to breathe.
They don't want her for answers. And she strongly suspects they don't want her for ransom. They want her pain. Moriarty wants to see her suffer, and will kill her when she's feeling merciful.
At this point, she's hoping for the mercy.]