Fractured Remains (All That Remains Book 1) by Crystal North
Author:Crystal North [North, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: North River Publishing
Published: 2021-10-23T18:30:00+00:00
Iâve well and truly fucked everything.
It takes way more than five minutes to work up the courage to open my eyes. Though of course, I have no way to actually measure time with my lids clamped shut.
Itâs time.
Be brave.
Do it!
Open your goddamn eyes, Callie!
As soon as I open them, I wish I hadnât. But itâs too late to go back. Even if I close them again, the brief glimpse at the horror of my reality is burned into my retinas and can never be erased.
Girls, girls just like me, are crammed into the tiny, dark, dingy space. The smell is horrific, and I know that some of them must have been here for a long time.
Some are crying quietly, huddled in on themselves, while others stare into space with blank, empty eyes.
Some arenât moving at all.
âOh dear god,â the horrified gasp slips from my lips before I even realise that I probably shouldnât speak.
I wish I hadnât when rough hands grab me and an even rougher voice calls out, âweâve got a live one.â
âWho?â Someone calls out.
âPeaches.â The nickname makes me retch. The boys love my peach shampoo, East used to call me Peaches all the time. It was half teasing, half endearment, I think. But hearing it from the rancid mouth of the scarred thug standing over me in the dim light of my prison, the term repulses me. I heave and he laughs maniacally at me, whispering in my ear, âWhat I wouldnât give to taste your juices, Peaches.â
He curses and shoves me away from him when the contents of my stomach hit the dirty wooden floor by his feet, and Iâm so weak I almost land in it myself.
He grabs me once more, but this time Iâm saved from being pulled against his malodorous body, as he keeps me at armâs length.
Fear like nothing Iâve ever known before pools in my belly, heavy as a brick, when a new voice replies, âWell, what are you waiting for? Bring her over for inspection.â
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