The Gatekeeper stared at the beautiful woman in front of him, biting his lip to keep back the scream threatening to erupt from inside of him.
As he stood there, chained to invisible pillars as his flesh was being slowly removed one strip at a time, she sat in a big, oversized black chair with a pale pink blanket on her lap as she sipped a cup of tea.
Her legs were curled up under her, and she was resting her cheek on her fist. Every so often, she would mutter something that sounded like 'Deal accepted' before going back to the book she was reading.
It was like she was sitting in the middle of her living room, only with him hanging, bleeding, screaming, in front of her.