Chapter 4
The Hunter
JJ struggles against the chains that bind her hands and feet. A simple meeting at a bar has turned into a meeting with fate. She falls limp against the wall, feet and legs dirty from being rubbed against the filth-ridden floor. The loose shirt she wears is torn from its battle with the wall as she tried to escape. She pushes the thoughts of the man's torture from her mind as she resumes the pointless attempts to escape. Suddenly, the door opens and the man walks down the steps, his boots clanging against the metal. 'Metal stairs…' she thinks. 'Where has metal stairs?' He appears in front of her, showered and cleaned from when she last saw him.
"Well don't you look pretty." He says, stroking her cheeks. She bites his hand and he slaps her. "Now, I'm going out to get you some food but don't get any ideas. I've left some of my dogs at the top in case you try to run." His lips turn up in a twisted smile. JJ shudders. Her mind instantly goes back to Hankel case and the dogs in the barn. She closes her eyes. He leans in to kiss her cheek. She slams her head against his.
"Back off!" JJ shouts. He grabs her shoulders and roughly pushes her against the wall. Her head slams against the concrete and she groans. A twisted smile adorns his lips once again as JJ's world fades to black.