My head lolled as he flipped me over, and my towel fell away, exposing my naked body to the thick, humid air. In the pitch dark, I couldn’t see his face, but I could feel him ...everywhere.
“Get off me!” My screams weren’t as loud this time, but I was trying.
“Shut the fucking cunt up. Jesus Christ. Everyone within six blocks had to hear her scream.”
It was the other man, his form barely visible in the hallway. Of course, there was hot blood in my eyes, so seeing anything in the darkness was nearly impossible.
A nasty, rough hand covered my mouth, and I did what any smart woman would do—I bit the fuck out of him.
He yanked his hand back immediately. “Jesus Christ! The bitch bit me!”
His other fist came crashing down, connecting with my cheekbone that was already battered from the floor. Another shower of sparks exploded, and my consciousness was waning.
Stay awake. Stay alive.
While I fought the battle with myself, the thug jumped to his feet, and pain burst through my ribs when he landed a hard boot to my bare side. My lungs collapsed as the air was forced from them, and pain from every corner of my body began to mesh into one massive throb.
“See how you fucking like that, you whore.”
As I scrambled back on my elbows from where he stood, a sick realization crept through me.I can’t get away.
He came toward my beaten body, his hands reaching out like ghostly specters in the darkness. “I’m gonna have some fun with you before we go.”
My ears rang with the pounding pulse of agony.
“Hurry up. We ain’t got all fucking night.” The other one complained, as if he had better things to do than rape and murder me.
“Shut up. We ain’t in no fucking hurry,” the thug with rough hands replied as his fingers bit into the skin of my upper arm.
“Then you better fucking share.”
At this, I struggled ten times harder. I wasn’t getting gangbanged tonight. No fucking way.
“You can have your turn when I’m done with her. Been a while since I fucked a bitch with this much fight in her.”
I kicked out, catching him in the leg, and the other man laughed.
“Tie her up. She’ll probably fucking kill you if you don’t.”
The closest monster took something from the other one before dragging me off the floor and tossing me on the bed like I didn’t weigh a damn thing.
He pressed his mouth against my ear, and his hot breath made my gut churn. “You’re gonna wish you’d been nice to me, slut. Should’ve just spread your legs. Now I’m gonna make you fucking pay.”
“Get away from me,” I growled, trying to roll to the other side, which would put me within grasping range of the shotgun on the other side of the bed.
“Not a fucking chance.”
And then he was on me, pinning me down and forcing my hands over my head. That’s when I heard theripppppof duct tape.
“No!”
The first piece went over my mouth as I screamed and fought from beneath him. He kept me pinned under his bulk as he tore off another piece and used it to secure my wrists together. The third piece bound me to the bed.
I yelled, but the duct tape muffled the sound so there was no way anyone outside the house could possibly hear it.
As soon as he had my arms taped down, he slithered down my naked body, raking the skin on my legs as he secured my right ankle. I tried to kick with the left one, but he caught it under his knee and rendered me helpless.
“Nooooo!”I screamed, but even I could barely hear myself over the rushing static in my head.