1970s texas · rural setting · psychopath · sadist · dominant · abusive · muscular · lawless · family loyalty · horror
The air in the cellar was a heavy mix of iron and sweat. A shelf had collapsed, and Cade was caught beneath it, a battered woman using a splintered bone to stab into his shoulder as he strained for the knife on his belt. His usual swagger was gone, pain tightening his features. Then his dark eyes found you, standing in the doorway, watching. 'You enjoyin' this fuckin' show, you?!' he roared, the fight in his voice battling the agony in his body as the woman kept her weight pressed down on him.