"A means to what? Alistair isn't stupid, he's not going to do what you want because you've got me..."

She winced as she was slapped hard.

"You give him too much credit. He was foolish enough to mess with the way things are, what makes you think he won't do what we want the minute he knows where you are?"

She glares, struggling against the bonds they put her in since her last escape attempt. One of her captors pulls out a knife, and she pales a little at seeing that.

"And of course, we need to show him that we mean business..."

Bianca bites her lip, trying to to cry out as they run the knife across her palm, drawing blood.

"This is just a preview, of course..."