Restricted

“Strip.”

I stared at him, barely registering his voice.

“Now!” He barked.

They came for me in the middle of the night. Shoved in the back of a van, bound and gagged.

The tremor took hold as I removed the last of my—

“Enough.” John snapped the book shut.

He turned to the others. “I don’t think we need to go any further, do you?”

Murmurs of agreement. Someone scrawled a note. Another reached for the stamp.

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The book landed atop the others. The fire crackled, waiting.