During the time when Soren and Elias were still struggling to put their lives back together after being kidnapped and nearly sold off to either underground auctions or brothels, their fates took sharply different turns.
Soren, by sheer luck and a surge of desperate instinct, managed to slip away from his captor before the transaction was completed. Elias, however, wasn't as fortunate. He was restrained, dragged into a separate room, and eventually bought by a man who clearly had far darker intentions for him.
But Soren refused to abandon him.
Despite the danger, when he found Elias cornered and terrified, Soren acted without hesitation. He lunged at the buyer and kicked him so hard between the legs that the man collapsed, howling and clutching himself.
The strike was so vicious that rumors later said the employer would never be able to have children again.
