"Where... am I?"
Aisling woke from her stupor, gasping for breath. She tried to open her eyes, but everything around her was pitch-black, and she could see nothing.
She struggled to sit up, only to discover that her hands and feet had been tied, leaving her completely unable to move. A Silencing Charm had also been cast on her mouth. Aisling wanted to cry out for help, but not a single sound came out.
Aisling only remembered leaving the common room and heading toward the underground river. She had not gone far before suddenly losing consciousness. When she opened her eyes again, she was already here.
"Damn it, where is this?"
Aisling's head throbbed violently as she tried to look around the darkness. She seemed to be trapped in a cramped space resembling a car trunk, completely unable to tell where she was.
Realizing that she had been kidnapped, Aisling could not stop herself from panicking. She desperately tried to break free. With both her hands and feet bound, she could only writhe across the floor like a maggot in the narrow space, trying to turn over. But no matter how she struggled, she could not free herself from the restraints.
"Damn it... why are these tied so tight?"
Just as Aisling was struggling with all her strength, she suddenly heard voices nearby. She immediately stopped moving and listened carefully to the conversation outside the enclosed space.
"The news of the target's disappearance hasn't spread yet, but we need to move her as soon as possible. That Hufflepuff kid has already noticed something's wrong."
"I know. It's all because Mr. Thorne absolutely refused to let us touch that blond brat. The kid's too sharp. Otherwise, we could've stalled Dumbledore for quite a while longer."
The voices outside shocked Aisling. She