As soon as Tiger left the room and Belle heard him lock the door, she got up with sudden inspiration and determination to find a way to escape.

She looked around the room, and it was then she noticed that there wasn't a window there. It was just the bed and its thin sheet, two wooden chairs where Tiger and the other man had sat before now, a short bedside stool for which the food was kept for her, and the scarf used to tie her hands.

Her determination died just as quickly as it came after she saw that there was nothing to make a plan with.

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