Chapters tagged public humiliation

by Levantin

Chapter 28

The following two weeks felt like walking a razor’s edge. My alarm went off every morning at five-thirty. Squats, push-ups, pull-ups on the bar that Loona had installed above my doorframe. After that came the steps—ten thousand a day, meticulously tracked via an app with login d...

by Levantin

Chapter 41

Sunday dragged on like thick tar. I had sat hunched over the books late into the night, eyes burning, fingers cramping from the handwritten drafts. Every shift on the desk chair had been a petty : the freshly relocked resin cage chafed unyieldingly against my irritated, hy...

by Levantin

Chapter 52

The morning felt like surfacing from deep anesthesia. The dull weight between my legs, cold resin against skin, and the faint hum of the Apple Watch on my wrist pulled me back into reality with merciless clarity. Every thought of resistance was extinguished. All that remained was...

by Levantin

Chapter 67

The cordless drill sat heavy in my grip, the high-pitched whine of the motor echoing off the bare walls. The white plastic casing of the first camera was anchored firmly above the frame of the hallway door. Sweat traced down from my temples, gathering along the lower rims of my...