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Chapter 22: The Fragment

Author: Shari Vibes
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I was led to God knows where blindfolded. Who were there? Who sent them? Was it Ria again? All these questions bugged my head. I was pushed onto a bed. I gasped.

“Uncover her eyes,” I heard the husky, threatening voice of one of them. My heart banged heavily against my ribs like a mortar being pounding a pestle. The blindfold was removed and I rubbed my eyes. They were three huge men, scary, and strong. I drew back on the bed, leaning my back to the headboard. I hugged myself, shivering with fear.

What should we do with her?” one of them asked the others. Every of their word increased the rate of my pounding heart.

“What do hungry men do to bangable ladies?” the second man voiced out, licking his bottom lip. The others laughed. “I will go first,” he added. What the hell are they trying to do? Have me one after the other? The others seemed to agree as they shrugged, staring lustfully at me. Sweat dripped endlessly down my skin. He climbed onto the bed, moving to me. I was already pinne
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