The long-awaited metallic sound rang out, and the shackles that bound Annabelle's left hand were finally unlocked. Her eyes sparkled with joy. Sparks flashed in the girl's eyes. Between the pain of movement of stiff muscles and the pins and needles of returning blood circulation, naked Annabelle froze and groaned in an unfamiliar mixture of pain from restoration of blood circulation and relief from the fact that her hands were free from this terribly and severely restrictive shackles. An attempt to raise a limp hand was futile - the hand seemed to be someone else's, not obeying her desires.
The next metallic click testified to the release of the girl's right hand. Annabelle felt a second wave of pain, but this time it was accompanied by a strange, pleasurable sensation. As Edward fiddled with the steel neck brace, feeling gradually returned to the girl's weary limbs with every second. Annabelle, experiencing unusual feelings, began to gently massage her hands, feeling how warmth and peace flooded her body. It was a completely new bliss for her that she had never experienced before. A third click sounded, and the restraining neck piece was also unlocked and removed. But Annabelle was in no hurry to finish massaging her tired limbs, letting this unaccustomed feeling of freedom and bliss take over her.