Cade awoke with a pain in his cheek and realized that he was lying facedown on a hardwood floor, totally naked. He lifted his head and immediately regretted it as his entire body complained, the region from his shoulders to the backs of his knees feeling as though the skin had been flayed from them completely.
He turned over to see that his skin was still in fact there, but had definitely had... something happen to it. And there were letters branded into his arse, though he couldn't tell what they meant from upside down.

He heard stirring in the bed above him, frowned, and lay his head back down. Maybe if he went back to sleep he would die and he wouldn't have to deal with this.