Tina knelt on the hotel bed. She had the room for a week and the “Do not Disturb” sign was up. She had shared the electronic key to the room with the stranger. He said he’d come and give her what she needed.

Tina was partially hogtied. She sat back on her heels. The rope connecting her ankles or her wrists was tied in a “locking slip knot.”

That means when Tina falls forward onto the soft bed, she’ll pull out the slack tightening the cinch rope binding her wrists. The slip knot will slide up to the wrists and lock there, impossible to loosen. And she’ll be helpless; gagged and hogtied.