Chapter 4My Outstanding Adoptive Brothers Are Supporting Someone Else

She turned her attention back to me.

“You like throwing yourself at men, don’t you? When I’m done with you, I’ll find some homeless men and let them have their way with you.”

She yanked the belt from one of her men and lashed me with it again and again, pouring all her rage into every blow.

The immense pain wracking my body made me tremble uncontrollably.

I could not understand it. My parents and I had only come to Kingshaven to build a new life.

What had we done to deserve such cruelty?

Just as despair threatened to overwhelm me, Sienna’s phone rang.

She finally stopped. She glanced at the screen of her phone and transformed into a completely different person.

“Damian, are you getting impatient? Just give me a few more minutes. I’ll be there soon.”

As soon as I realized Damian was on the line, I desperately tried to call for help.

“Damian, it’s me, Ca...”

Before I could finish saying my name, someone clamped a hand over my mouth.

My cries came out muffled, but I knew it was my only chance to get help.

I bit down hard on the hand covering my mouth. The man cried out in pain and immediately let go.

Before I could shout again, Sienna ended the call with a smug smile.

“Did you really think I wouldn’t know what you were up to? Go ahead and scream. Let’s see who you think is coming to save you.”

One of her men glanced at his watch, then at the steadily growing crowd.

He lowered his voice and tried again.

“Boss, I think this has gone far enough. We shouldn’t keep Mr. Kane and the others waiting over some worthless woman. Besides, if this gets any more out of hand, it could get hard to contain. Maybe we should...”

Before he could finish, Sienna slapped him.

“If I want to teach some harlot a lesson, who are you to stop me? I could cripple her right here, and my brothers would still clean up the mess for me. They adore me. I can do whatever I want.”

Half-crazed with excitement, Sienna moved to my side and seized me by the back of the neck.

Her long nails dug into my skin as she forced me down. “Fine. Let my men slap you a hundred times, and we’ll call it even. But if I ever see any of you in Kingshaven again, I’ll beat you every time.”

She motioned to her men.

Two of them immediately stepped forward. One restrained my arms while the other grabbed my hair and forced my head up.

Sienna took a few steps back, folded her arms, and looked down at me.

“Start. Don’t let her go until you reach one hundred.”

One man held my head still while the other slapped me again and again. The rest jeered and counted aloud.

Some of the onlookers could no longer stand by and watch.

One after another, they began speaking up for me.

“This is a civilized city. How could she just attack someone like that?”

“Exactly. That family was just passing through, and she attacked them for no reason. Does the law mean nothing anymore?”

“Someone called the police. They should be here any minute.”

The crowd’s comments did not faze Sienna at all.

If anything, they only made her more brazen.

“So what if the cops come? My brothers have connections everywhere, both legal and otherwise. No one would dare touch me. I’m warning you, anyone else who speaks up is getting a beating too.”

Sienna turned her attention back to me.

A vicious smile spread across her face.

She lifted one foot and aimed a kick straight at my face.

I squeezed my eyes shut and braced for the agony of a shattered nose.

A commotion rippled through the crowd.

The kick never came.

“Cassie, I’m sorry I didn’t get here sooner...”