The black shadow in the doorway didn't move for a few seconds, standing there intimidatingly. Yet, without uttering a word or making a single gesture, the tall, dark figure caused the four men who had been about to devour Riley to remove their filthy hands from her and step back.
Riley crouched down, her coat discarded and her soaked white sweater half-torn, exposing part of her chest. The zipper of her jeans was still open, but she lacked the energy to fix it. Instead, she grabbed her coat from the floor and draped it over herself, trying to shield her trembling body.
After nearly a minute of dead silence, the masked man began to step forward. The four men stood frozen, as if spellbound, unable to speak or move. The black figure gradually closed the gap between them, standing just centi
