Chapter One
It was a cold and snowy night the week after Christmas; Isabelle was walking quickly through the storm to reach her house. She imaged starting a fire and pouring herself a glass of wine and curling up with her latest romance novel. She had the next five days off of work, and she had stocked up on food the day before. She could easily stay home the next five days in comfy jammies and just relax. Only two more blocks to go she thought to herself. She hurried on.
Finally she reached her door, got her keys out and opened it up. Suddenly someone came from behind her. He pushed her in the door and shut it behind him. She gasped when she was pushed down and the floor face down. A large foot was placed on the small of her back and a large bag plopped down next to her head.
A deep male voice said "So Isabelle, we have 5 days together, I have been looking forward to this."
She gasped, the voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't place it. How did he know she had 5 days off?
She could hear rustling up above her. Then a chuckle.
"The weather forecast is for snow for the next 3 days, we are expected to get almost 2 feet, some places even more. No one will miss us. No one will even be leaving their house."
Strong hands reached down and pulled her up. He pulled off her hat and coat and gloves. He grabbed her sweater and wrenched it off of her. He grabbed her hands and pulled then behind her back and she heard a loud metallic click and felt cold metal around her wrists. She was pushed over to the sofa and up against it with her head on the back. "Stay there" he growled.
She heard him moving around, and then she heard the door opening again, then closing. The lights were switched on and the drapes closed. She was trembling in fear, she really wanted to look at him but was afraid of moving. What was he going to do to her? Would he kill her? Would he rape her first?
Suddenly the hands grabbed her again, and she gasped a bit in surprise. She felt the hands at her waist unhooking her slacks and then they were pulled off too, she was clad only in her undergarments. He flipped her over and she got her first glimpse of him. He smiled down at her.
"Hello Isabelle. How are you?" He smirked and left her sitting there while he moved around the room. He started a fire in her fireplace and went into the entryway and started to go through his bags. He had some food, some clothing and put that away into the kitchen. Then he rummaged through another bag, and pulled out some rope.