Capturing
By the time she realizes she is being hunted it is too late.
He came up behind her in stride and kicked the back of her knee, "oops careful now" his calm voice murmured as she stumbled. He steadied her, his hands strong, tight on her shoulders. A little twist to his hips as his body crowded against hers, sent her into the alley.
He pressed her against a wall.
He was tall and broad chested, his body hid hers from the sight of passing traffic on the street just a few yards away. She was beginning to panic! She drew in a breath to scream but he had planned for that. His hands came, up pushing a steel bar gag past her lips settling behind her teeth. It had a short spoon tail keeping her tongue down, prevented her from recognizable speech. Thin brass chains pushed back the corners of her lips. They linked to brass O rings which pulled tight against her cheeks as he tied rawhide straps behind her head.
Her hands came up scrabbling. Ineffective. Just trying to do something. Anything. To pull out the gag. To scream. Wait! Untie it first her scrambled mind ordered. She reached back for the knot but her captor was waiting for that. He immediately snapped a handcuff on her right wrist pulling her hand behind her back Then he grabbed her left one bringing it across, attaching the other cuff.