Four days earlier...

Svetlana struggled with all her might, twisting her arms, trying to break free from the grip of the man who dragged her like a sack of meat. Indignation boiled in her chest; every heartbeat was a punch of rage that pushed her to keep resisting. It wasn’t fair. It wasn’t fair that they punished her when all she had done was defend herself.

“Let me go, you damn fool!” she growled, digging her nails into her captor’s wrist.

He didn’t even flinch. With humiliating ease, he grab