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The only thing that strikes me about restraints is if you could have her attached in some way that she's slowly bleeding to death - but releasing the restraints would increase the flow of blood making her die faster. I'm guessing something through the stomach would probably do it*. It depends how graphic/gory you want to be.

*this comes with the usual "I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV..." disclaimer

A bomb, with the wiring running through the bonds - he breaks the circuits, it explodes.

He leaves here there, she freezes or dies of heatstroke or something.

I like the stomach impalement idea...

If he leaves her there, she slowly bleeds to death. Throw in a few hanging loops of entrails, and the graveyard critters begin to nibble before she's fully dead. That could already be going on by the time he arrives. Diseased rats for the win!

What time and science/medical level are you setting this in? If it's modern--I have a bit more leeway...

Key is the statue:
1--she's tied, it's been hollowed and acid is coming through the runnels inside. Once she moves, the seals made by isinglass aka mica falls away and she gets covered fast, or they are eaten through if she stays tied and she dies slowly. Or the hero kills her quickly.

2-The statue is not what it seems--it's a demon set on devouring her soul as she's tied to it. It's stopped when there's no soul to devour--when she's dead. If she's cut lose the demon is freed from the statue and can still eat her--and anyone else when it's done.

3--more prosaic: behind her a very sharp point of stone from the statue has pierced her back. She doesn't bleed out due to tamponade--the stone plug. Once she's moved--no more plug massive bleed out. Or the hero can kill her. :}

Darn, I like the demon meself :}

Consider the way the roman crucifixion worked. In the pose prisoners were hung, arms elevated thusly, they would slowly suffocate over a period of days to weeks before dying. Even if their wrists/ankles were pierced, it was still a long and tortuous means of death that would last days.

In crucifixion done in the middle east, a person could also die of dehydration before asphyxiation. We've a very dry climate here with no rain for 6-8 months.

Where's the poor gal located?

Oh, can we cover her in honey and put her near an ant hill? :} evil grin

One problem I am seeing, but not with logistics--with originality.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry was also in a graveyard, and the tombstone in question was also a giant angel statue. So you're seriously at risk of inviting (unwanted?) comparison here.

I'm sure there have been many literary scenes taking place in graveyards with angel shaped statues.

Kurlumbenus said:

I'm sure there have been many literary scenes taking place in graveyards with angel shaped statues.

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