Chapter 23 Take Off Your Clothes

Leona's POV: It was Keith! He and several of his men stood outside the bushes, like a pack of hyenas patiently waiting for their prey to crawl out of its hole. They were soaked from the rain, yet grinning cruelly. "Well, well, well. Look who we've got here. Our little mouse really thought she could escape?" Keith yanked me up by the hair, dragging me roughly out of my hiding spot. "Smart thinking, Keith! We knew she'd be hiding somewhere!" Keith's men surrounded me, their laughter and filthy remarks buzzing in my ears. Despair swallowed me whole. I tried to get up, but Keith stomped down on my wounded shoulder. Agonizing pain shot through my body, and I coughed up a mouthful of blood. "Still trying to run?" Keith crouched down and patted my cheek. "Didn't you run pretty fast just now? What's wrong now? Tell you what. Take off your clothes and serve us nicely, and maybe I'll be kind enough to give you a quick death afterward." "You wouldn't dare!" I glared at him, my voice trembl