Subject #7412 – Chapter Fifteen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Fifteen – The Holding Test The silence after the lashes was almost unbearable. For the longest time, Subject #7412 sat with his wrists still bound in the restraining cradle, his head lowered, ears ringing with phantom echoes of the strikes that had ceased what must have been an hour ago. His … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Seven

Subject #7412 – Chapter Seven – Holding Pattern The room felt smaller somehow, though nothing had changed: the sterile walls, the hum of concealed machinery, the faint glow of status monitors in their fixed positions. Yet Subject #7412 felt the space press in on him, as though every surface had become a boundary he could … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Four

Subject #7412 – Chapter Four – Shadows of Control The moment came without ceremony. It started as a trembling in his thighs, a rigid clench of muscle as he sat stiffly on the monitoring chair, willing his body to obey. For too long he had endured the pressure, the deliberate denial, the cold instruction to … Read more