Su Yaoyao slowly opened her eyes. An intense wave of vertigo made her instinctively raise a hand to her temples, but the cold metal and heavy tug at her wrist shocked her fully awake.
The first thing she saw was the cold gleam of metal. She was trapped in a giant birdcage, its thick, cold bars like shackles caging her freedom.
Heavy chains were fastened around her wrists and ankles. With every movement, they let out a jarring clang that echoed through the vast, deathly silent space.
"W-Where… Where am I?" she murmured weakly. Her voice was hoarse and trembling, sounding utterly helpless in the silence.
"Awake?" A deep, cold male voice suddenly rang out, reverberating in the enclosed space and making Su Yaoyao shudder.
She struggled to prop up her weak body, leaning slowly against the cold bars as she looked toward the source of the voice.
In the shadows not far from the birdcage, she could vaguely make out a man sitting on a sofa.
