Professor Suzan Hastings adjusted her wide-brimmed hat as she stepped out of the dusty jeep, her dark hair tied back in a loose ponytail, sweat beading on her slender neck. At fifty-four, the UCLA archaeologist and Middle Eastern studies expert still cut a striking figure--her frame lean from years of fieldwork, her full breasts and rounded ass accentuated by her fitted khakis and linen shirt. She'd come to Iraq to lead an academic expedition to the Babylonian ruins, her passion for ancient history driving her to this remote site near the Euphrates. Her team had barely begun cataloging clay tablets when the roar of engines shattered the stillness--masked men in black swarmed from trucks, rifles raised, barking orders in Arabic.
She was shoved into a van, blindfolded, her wrists bound, her heart hammering as they sped away. Hours later, they dragged her into a hidden compound--mud-brick walls, a low ceiling, the air thick with dust and menace. The leader ripped off her blindfold, his eyes cold as he muttered something about ransom. Suzan, trembling, tried to reason--her Arabic fluent, her pleas measured--but they laughed, shoving her to the ground. There were five of them, rough and unyielding, their hands tearing at her clothes, exposing her pale skin, her heavy breasts spilling free, her curves stark against the dim light.
At first, it was pure violation--her shirt shredded, pants yanked down, their hands groping her ass, her thighs, pinning her to a coarse blanket on the floor. She screamed, fought, her nails clawing at them, but they overpowered her, one holding her arms while another forced her legs apart. The first entered her, rough and unrelenting, her body tensing in pain and fear as the others watched, waiting their turn. Tears streamed down her face, her mind reeling--disgust, shame, terror--but as the second took his place, something shifted. Her body, betraying her, began to respond: a flush of heat, a tightening she couldn't control. She hated it, hated herself, but the rhythm, the rawness, sparked a buried instinct.