Breathing heavily Alessia walked to the side of the chair, but the binds holding Ellasbeth to the chair were too tight to unfasten by hand. Shrugging her shoulders in defeat she cast her eyes around the room.

The tears in her eyes blinded her so she almost missed the table near the chair, its surface holding a set of gleaming, sharp and unfortunately stained surgical instruments. Picking up a scalpel she moved back to the chair...