Nicholas finally gave them the long-overdue report.
The words came out slowly, methodically, as if he were reading from a file he had memorized line by line. He had been carrying this information for days, turning it over in his mind, trying to make sense of the pieces before presenting them to the only two people he trusted to help him assemble the full picture.
They had been investigating everyone they had captured from the underground pit and pleasure houses.
The operation had been massive—larger than any of them had initially realized. Every arrest had led to more questions, every interrogation had opened new doors, and the sheer volume of people involved had quickly become overwhelming.
The first people they had interrogated were the workers.
Some had refused to speak at all.
