Tanith awoke, blinking under the glare of blindingly bright lights. The last thing she remembered was getting into the
limo at the airport. Now she found herself locked into unyielding steel restraints, her body provocatively displayed in
revealing lingerie. All thoughts of protest stifled by the mouth-straining rubber ball gag strapped tightly within her mouth.
Suddenly, from out of the darkness, Tanith heard a man's voice, "I see that our latest victim is finally awake. Tanith,
perhaps before we begin your coming ordeal we should take a moment and introduce you to tonight's audience."
"As a ruthless personal injury attorney, Tanith has made her considerable fortune on the misery and suffering of others.
However, it was her most recent case that finally brought lovely Tanith to our attention. Prosecuting a small town
pediatrician for negligence in the unfortunate death of a young child, Tanith willfully concealed evidence that would
have proven the doctor's innocence. The jury awarded damages of 30 million dollars to the young child's parents of which
Tanith kept 30 percent plus expenses, more than 10 million dollars. After the verdict was announced, the doctor, his
business in ruins and his life savings spent in legal fees, committed suicide. Of course, not that Tanith would have
noticed, she was already on vacation in the Cayman Islands."
"Of course, even if you manage to survive this night I can't allow you to return to your old profession. To that end and
if you survive, I've orchestrated a little career change. In the morning the district attorney's office will be receiving
the evidence that Tanith so cleverly concealed from the court in her latest case, evidence sufficiently incriminating to
get Tanith disbarred and likely sent to prison. I've also taken the liberty of informing the IRS about Tanith's secret
bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, accounts where she's hidden several million dollars in untaxed income."
"But Tanith needn't worry about her pending legal problems. If she manages to survive the night I've arranged a new
identity for her, one in which her past legal expertise will be of little value, a career as a submissive slave prostitute
in one of Bangkok's most infamous and brutal S&M brothels."
Enjoying the obvious look of terror in Tanith's lovely eyes her unseen captor continued, "But before Tanith can begin her
new life of prostitution she'll need to survive the night. So now, before the watching eyes of the audience, Tanith will
at long last atone for her sins, perhaps even at the cost of her life."
"Tanith, you stand locked into a fiendishly diabolical death machine. Beneath your heels lie the pressure activated
switches. You now have 30 seconds to raise the heels of your shoes off the switches before the machine activates. And
to survive this night you will need to keep the heels of your shoes from touching either of the switches until sunrise."
Smiling darkly as he watched the muscles in Tanith's calves tighten as she desperately struggled to lift the tall stiletto
heels of her shoes off the activation switches, her unseen captor continued, "Should you foolishly allow your heels to touch
either of the activation switches that spike-lined waist band you see around your waist will close to crush your abdomen as
it drives it's razor-sharp spikes deep into your guts. And while hideously painful, those spikes also act as hypodermic
needles that will begin to trickle a steady stream of powerfully corrosive acids to slowly and painfully dissolve your
internal organs. The acid is mixed with a massive dose of powerful stimulants to ensure that you remain conscious and feel
every agonizing sensation until the brutal end."
Watching the look of horrified disbelief in Tanith's eyes her unseen captor continued, "One hour after the spike-lined
waist band crushes your belly, the deadly sharp saw poised between your thighs will automatically switch on and begin to
move upward toward your crotch. Who knows, if your luck continues, you may still be alive to feel the blade as it bisects
your pelvis."
Tanith could feel tears of desperation welling up within her eyes as she felt the muscles of her calves already starting to burn.