A few hours before Eric was kidnapped.
"Why am I even paying such idiots who can't even secure few mere women? We're supposed to ship them tomorrow—where am I supposed to find replacements in such a short time?"
Kian snarled into the phone, fury spilling into every word as he berated his subordinates.
His gaze drifted across the bar, restless and irritated—until it stopped.
On the stage, Eric was performing.
In a business built on trafficking women and drugs, Kian instantly recognized another commodity he could sell. Someone with a body like that would fetch a high price.
Without hesitation, he ordered his men to take him—completely unaware of the kind of monster he was entangling himself with.
However, a sudden police raid interrupted the plan. The kidnapping succeeded, but transporting Eric to the container station—where the other victims were held—had to be postponed.
For the time being, they locked Eric in the experimental lab operating in the underground levels.
