Among the four heater, the temperature rapidly increased to a stifling level, rendering the air hard to breathe and covering Felina's skin with large beads of perspiration. She could not see the devices, but she knew that they were close and she risked to touch them if she squirmed too much. From now on, she would have to keep this fact in mind if she did not want to brand herself. She decided to continue and escape as soon as possible.

Progressively, squirming, contorting her body in all directions, flexing her muscles, Felina managed to get completely rid of the long chain wrapping her limbs, along with the articulated leather rods attached to it. The effort left her drenched in her sweat, but it was now time to free her arms completely from the arm-binder. She had already cut its lower part into ribbons and torn the lacing, but several straps remained, holding her elbows and attaching the sleeve to her torso. Again, she curled her body in an incredible circle, reaching the elbow strap with her deft toes. She found the free end of the strap easily and pushed it through the buckle. Then, yanking on it with her curled toes, she released the strap. This did nothing to help her as her elbows were still severely bound with several coils of tight rope, but it did reveal this last layer of bondage, while allowing fresh air to reach her sweat-drenched skin.

She brought her feet higher and repeated the same operation on the straps passing over her shoulders. The arm-binder was now nothing more than a bad souvenir. As she pulled the flaps apart with her feet, she found the little key that had been tied to the lace and tucked under the ropes passing behind her neck. This key would open the padlock resting on her belly and which was holding the chains wrapped around her arms and torso. For now, there was nothing she could do with this key. The padlock could not be reached, neither with her hands, nor with her feet. Accordingly, she dropped the keys into her hands and she tucked it under the lower rim of her corset. She would use them later.

Now she turned to cutting the rope that was cinching her elbows together. She began to stab and saw it with her toe-nails, until it was weakened enough to allow her to pull it apart. She moaned as she felt the blood rushing back into her lower arms and hands. Her elbows were at last able to separate, although her arms were still pinned to her torso by several meters of chains. Apart for that chain, they were only restrained at their wrists by the steel remnants of the leather mittens.