The Web of Lies

Chapter: The Web of Lies

The room was eerily quiet after Adam delivered his last kick to Atlas, leaving him sprawled on the floor, bound to the chair. Atlas's mind raced with questions.

Why had his team not come for him yet? Were they even looking for him? The uncertainty gnawed at his confidence, but he wouldn't let it show.

As the minutes dragged on, the silence was broken once again by the sound of footsteps. Adam reappeared, his presence as commanding as before.

Atlas instinctively tensed, his frustration spilling out in a defiant shout.

"Why are you playing these mind games with me?!" he yelled. "Coming and going like this—what do you want from me?"

Adam, clad in black and his face concealed by a mask, walked forward without a word.

He carried himself with an unsettling calmness, the kind that made Atlas's anger seem futile.