*Could trigger PTSD in those that have suffered sexual abuse. (Short story)

A man finds himself held captive by seven hooded figures plus one. It will not take very long for him to understand why he has awakened to find himself suspended upside down by his ankles, naked with deep scratch’s and open wounds bleeding. The one that comes to join them will make sure of it as the fire gets is stoked hotter and hotter causing the big pot on it to boil casting the scent of lavender all throughout the thick, dark forest.