Consequences

The chains rattled as she hung there, wrists spread, body stretched out for whatever came next. Lilly strained to hear him move, to catch a word, a breath, anything, but the room stayed quiet except for the steel singing every time she shifted. She wanted his voice. Wanted to know if she was being punished or rewarded. All she got were those cold rings whispering against each other, louder than any order he could have given.