I open my eyes but can see nothing—blindfolded. I can feel the earth and grass beneath me. My hands and feet are bound. It's painful, like thorns digging into my wrists and ankles.
"You're not going anywhere," a voice whispers.
That sultry, unmistakable accent: geographically unambiguous. Kim Yo-Jong, I say to myself.
"The more you struggle, the tighter the ropes squeeze," she continues. "Not preferable... unless you like pain."
"Where am I?" I shout.
Yo-jong shushes me and removes the blindfold. We're in a small clearing surrounded by dense forest, the canopy sparse enough for moonlight to peek at the forest floor.
"Careful," Yo-jong says. She's at the edge of the treeline, circling around me. The pale light of the moon silhouettes her svelte, nubile figure. "The Kaesong woods are unsafe at night. You wouldn't want to wake up the beasties."
"Cut the shit. What do you want?"
"My, pushy aren't we?" Yo-jong circles back into view and flashes a toothy smile, her perfect white teeth hinting at a more sinister motive. "What do I want? Well, in a word: you. You see, I'm very hard to please, and when I get something in my head, I can't shake it until I have it."
"Well, if you're going to kill me, then just—"
"Oh, it's not your life I want, pet." Yo-jong's eyelids flap quicker as she approaches me and whispers, "It's your obedience."
I feel a slight flutter in my loins but I'm still unsure of her intentions. "I don't know what kind of twisted fantasy you've got in your head, but I'm not your guy."