Freedom

Or worse?

Photo by Akira Hojo on Unsplash

Not again. Never again.

“Enough!” The lone word echoed through the bleak basement. I knelt, pushing both hands forward, palms up, causing the chains on my wrists to jangle. “Please. It’s been years. I can’t continue this way.”

“As you wish,” my captor agreed as he brought the ax downward.