TangShi dropped the bar, moving to auto pilot and seemingly in shock and jumped over him, pulling the cables from his coat and slid one out from the pile. She had never used one before but it seemed straightforward and she quickly figured out how to slot one end in the other and pull tight.

Pulling his legs together first and securing his ankles together with one with a great deal of awkwardness. She had to push his body over, struggle with his weight, and haul him around to get his hands together behind his back the way he had done with Linlin and secured then there too. The whole...