◆◆◆ Chapter 1 ◆◆◆
The heavy iron door groaned open, and Melinda was dragged into the dimly lit underground hall like a lamb to slaughter. Her wrists were bound behind her back with rough rope that bit cruelly into her skin, the coarse fibers scraping with every futile twist. The man gripping her upper arm—broad-shouldered, reeking of cheap cologne and stale sweat—kept a bruising hold on her, thick fingers digging deep enough to leave purple marks as he half-shoved, half-carried her forward.
“f**k, look at you,” he growled low against her ear, his hot, sour breath making her skin crawl. “Those fat, heavy t**s bouncing every time you struggle… that juicy, round ass swaying like it’s begging for a hard handprint—or better yet, my belt across it. I’d keep you chained to my bed for months, li
