Chapter 14

Just one glance into the room was enough to make one's skin crawl. But the bodyguards showed no fear. With expressionless faces, they shoved Nicole and the others into the room. As the heavy door slammed and was bolted shut, only the group of terrified, trembling women was left inside. "Ah! Let us out!" Nicole and the others screamed at the top of their lungs hysterically. Countless cold snakes slithered over their limbs. They flicked their forked tongues as their gleaming fangs punctured the women's skin again and again, branding them with searing pain. The women shrieked and scrambled to escape. However, their frantic movements only agitated more snakes, which bit down harder in retaliation. It was a cruel, endless cycle. Eventually, they all collapsed, too weak to resist. They lay sprawled on the floor in despair and let the snakes bite them as they pleased. As the pain and horror consumed them, resentment toward Nicole peaked. One by one, Nicole's friends began inching tow