When I woke I was naked on my back on a mattress, hands tied above my head and my legs bound at the ankles. When I tried to pull my hands down, I realised they were tethered to something behind me that I couldn't see because of the piece of cloth wrapped around my head and over my eyes, effectively blinding me.
The rumbling of an engine and the slight rocking motion told me I was in some sort of vehicle, but I had no idea of how I'd got here.
I had no sense of time... day, night? And I was scared. Terrified, in fact. My last memory was of pulling into my garage after a meeting and opening my car door. I sensed a movement behind me but before I could turn to look, I was lifted off my feet and a cloth with a strong chemical odour was pushed against my face.
I could only struggle for a second before the world faded, and now I was here - naked and going who knows where. As I shifted my weight to pull on my binds, I felt wetness oozing from between my legs and I froze. What had happened? Had someone been inside me while I was unconscious? The thought filled me with horror and I whimpered.
It was then that I felt the vehicle come to a stop. I heard a door open and close, then the sound of another door sliding open beside me. I was clearly in a panel van, but where, and who?
Cool air rushed over my body. I knew one person had exited the van, but suddenly there were two voices talking, laughing, a short distance away. Other than the two men's conversation it was deathly silent, as though the world had been smothered in a blanket.
Then I heard footsteps approaching and a muffled, curt instruction: "Hold still or you'll be cut!" I heard the brief sound of sawing and then my ankles were free. A second later the tie that had been holding my hands above my head went slack as well.
Hands grabbed my ankles roughly and swung them towards the vehicle's open door. Then I felt hands clasping my shoulders and I was jerked into a sitting position before being pulled upright until I was standing, swaying slightly as the blood rushed back into feet that were an agony of pins and needles.
I felt something woolly scratching the side of my face, and it took me a second to connect the muffled voice with the scratchy knit; whoever had snatched me was wearing a balaclava!
That was good, I thought; anyone hiding their identity probably didn't mean to kill me... the thought trailed off as dismay took over. There were a thousand things that could be done to me while I was alive - none of them good - and feeling the stickiness between my legs made me I suspect at least one violation had already taken place.
I was roughly pulled back against a hard male body with one arm that had snaked around my waist. To my horror I felt my feet being kicked apart from behind a split second before fingers slid over my clit, rubbing it lazily for a second before shoving hard into my hot, saturated pussy. I felt another set of fingers grab my nipples, twisting them.
As I whimpered a second muffled instruction was whispered directly into my ear: "I'm going to remove the blindfold now. You are not to look back for any reason. If you do, it'll be that much worse for you in the end, slut! When the blindfold is off, you're allowed to start running. It's only fair to give you a sporting chance. If you manage to get away, good for you. If not, then the game is afoot!"
I heard a low, wicked chuckle, then the blindfold was ripped off and I found myself squinting into the setting sun. My eyes battled to adjust to the light and I blinked hard, instinctively raising my bound hands to try to wipe away the tears that were suddenly filling them.
There was a small push to the centre of my back and I heard the words: "Run! You have a 30-second head start."
I didn't need a second invitation; I took off sprinting across the open field in the direction of a light I could see shining in the distance through the approaching dusk. The light could mean rescue and I was determined to reach it!
The taunting countdown from 30 faded as I drew away from the van, but all too soon I heard "three, two one; time's up!" shouted across the field and I whimpered in terror, running even faster.
I could hear sounds of unhurried pursuit behind me, then I sprinted the final few metres through the corpse of trees at the edge of the field and staggered to a halt outside the lit building.
It took several sinking seconds to realise it wasn't in fact a house but a storage barn and I felt my chance of rescue slipping away in the stillness of the evening air. Despite the light the barn was clearly empty, but I nevertheless ran inside when I heard footsteps moving through the trees.
I slammed the door shut behind me and slid the bolt across, wondering how long it'd keep my pursuers out. As my panicked eyes flitted across the open space seeking another exit, it slowly dawned on me that I'd run right straight into a trap; I was exactly where my kidnappers had wanted me all along. How was I so sure?