“Teach you to talk to strangers,” His attacker threw in his direction, chuckling,
Ian dropped to the pavement, watching him go around to the driver’s side, leaving him behind. Powerless to get to his feet, he laid there on the frozen concrete for hours. In and out of consciousness, he drifted. Finally, coming to as storm clouds gathered, and thunder rumbled off in the distance.
Groaning, he rolled over onto his stomach and struggled to push himself up to his knees. At last, Ian was able to stand, then doubled over, caught by a horrible spike of pain racing up his backside. The reality of what had happened dawning in brutally slow increments. It took all his strength to drag himself to his car. His hands shaking, face bruised and battered as he slid into the driver’s seat. It hit him, the
