13 Don't bite me
What made her regain consciousness was the unbearable stench. That awful smell of garbage, left to rot for days and mixed with stagnant urine and mold, woke her up, at some point.
Alice wrinkled her nose and soon realized she couldn't speak: someone had duct taped her mouth. Trying not to move, she kept her eyes closed, struggling to understand where she was and if her kidnappers were hanging around.
“Stop pretending, I know you're awake,” one of them said.
It took her a few seconds to figure out which one. It wasn't the commander, who had led the raid at the barn. He had left soon after the a*******n, putting her into the hands of six vampires, all gathered in that godforsaken place. This was the first who had punched her in the stomach, bending her in half.
“Leav
