The struggle didn't end when the bouncer turned his back. If anything, Aria fought harder.
She thrashed like a wild animal as the two men dragged her toward the idling van. She threw her elbows, kicked her bare, bleeding feet at their shins, and twisted her torso with everything she had.
"Hold her still!" one of the men grunted.
A thick, plastic zip-tie was brutally secured around her wrists, biting sharply into her skin as they wrenched her arms behind her back. A rough cloth blindfold was pulled over her eyes, instantly plunging her into total darkness. Before she could scream for help one last time, a wadded piece of fabric was shoved into her mouth and secured tightly around the back of her head with a knot.
She was hoisted into the air and thrown into the back of the van.
She landed hard on the plush, leather-carpeted floor of the vehicle. Her claw clip snapped, her carefully styled hair tumbling down in a tangled, ruined mess around her shoulders.
