PROPOSITION

DANTE'S POV

"For a moment there, I thought you two had abandoned me here to starve to death." Adrian says.

"That would be and all too easy death with you." Liam says. Adrian glances around the room in fear when he notices all the five other men in the room with us. His eyes widen and he audibly gulps as he stares at their angry faces.

"This is the dick?" The biggest man in the group says, walking closer to Adrian with a death stare in his eyes. He stoops in front of Adrian and spits in his face before standing up and walking away.

Adrian gags and start trembling as his eyes move from corner to corner of the room. "So what, you brought other people to torture me? Just kill me man. Kill me and fucking get this over and done with!" Adrian yells, still trying to assert dominance.

"How much did he offer you huh?" Adrian starts asking crazily and hysterically. "I can double it. Just name your price. You don't have to work for tis idiot. I'll pay you more than he could ever offer."

I smirk and chuckle at his audacity. He is absolutely n position to try and bribe people. He might have some money stashed away in some other bank account or in a secret vault but I still robbed him of a lot of money.

"Are you foolish man?" The ginger haired man asks, whose name I have come to learn to be James. He stares at Adrian with a dumbfounded look on his face. He stares at him with disgust.

"You really think any of us here would help a participator of sex trafficking organization? Those fucking girls in there? They could be our kids, our sisters! You're a fucking psychopath. We're not here to help you, loser. We're here to use you and then kill you." James finishes.

"Yeah man. You're a real shitty bastard. You're not getting out of this alive as long as I'm alive. A sex trafficking organization? That's fucking worse than murder. You're a dick." Headshot says with a disgusted look on his face.

"I never hurt anyone. Never! All I am is an investor man. It's just business and if you all forsake Dante and join me, you could be so powerful. You could be rich. Richer than you can ever imagine. I can make you rich. I can make you all matter. I CAN FUKING MAKE YOU ALL MATTER!

He's screaming profanities now. He's even shedding a few tears already. I know it'll only take a few more seconds before he breaks. He knows there's no way he's getting out of this and I know none of these men will betray me. They're all disgusted at him. They all hate him without even knowing him.

Adrian has lived a simple and easy life from the day he was born. He has never had to fend for himself or really wanted something but couldn't get it. He has had everything handed to him on a silver platter from the moment he took his first breath. He doesn't know suffering and he doesn't know what endurance means.

All he knows how to do is bark orders left and right. All he knows how to do is get other people do his work for him. Which is why I know he will break any second now. With all the men in here, he can finally see that any means of getting out of my grip would be impossible.

"What do you want from me man?" Adrian asks, crying and sobbing. Everyone else in the room just looks to him with pure disgust.

"I already told you Adrian. Try to set up a meeting with Veronica." I say with a deep and menacing voice. A voice that says this isn't up for discussion. I sigh, unfold my arms and stoop in front of Adrian. I look him deep in the eyes and he looks like he'll pass out any second now from how hard he's trembling.

"You know if you help me get Adeline back, maybe I won't kill you. If you help me get Adeline, I'll give you a head start." My words grab his attention and his eyes light up with hope. Of course, I'm lying and of course everyone else in the room knows I'm lying but a desperate and scared man will believe anything. Adrian will believe anything in his current state.

"You will?" He asks expectantly. 

"You have my word. I just want her back. That is all I want from you Adeline. When I have her back, I'll let you go and we can hunt each other down for the rest of our lives if you want. You know I don't fucking joke around Adrian. So, help me help you." I say with finality.

"How do I know you're not lying? How do I know you won't cross me? How do I know that you won't just kill me after I help you. How do I know you're not just using me? Why would you let me go?" He asks quickly.

"Oh I'm not letting you go." I say with a chuckle. "Like I said, all I'm doing is giving you a head start. That doesn't mean I stop hating you or stop hunting you down. That seems like a fair bargain, doesn't it?"

When he doesn't answer, I start pacing from side to side in front of him. "We don't have the entire century, Adrian. Make a decision now or I will force you make one using other means…"

I take out a pair of pinchers out of my pocket and aim it at his finger nails. He immediately reacts and starts screaming hysterically in a futile attempt to get away from the pinchers.

"Okay. Okay!" He screams like a little girl. "I'll help you. I'll do anything. I'll call Veronica and I'll tell you everything you need to know about the organization! I'll tell you everything about how I sold out Adeline. I'll tell you all I know! Just please, enough with the torture. I can't take it anymore." He negs like the pathetic little dog he is.

I want him to beg for his life exactly like this and even more when it's finally time to kill him. Does he really think that after kidnapping Adeline, he would go free? After sending her to that hell hole…

"Well, I guess we're off to a good start then." I say wit a triumphant smile as I look over at Liam who has been watching this entire display in anger. There's a look om his face as he takes in Adrian's words. We'll fin Adeline soon. I'm sure of it. We jus have to be careful and organized with the way we function. We have to make sure that Adrian doesn't trick us and we have to know that Adeline I actually with Veronica.

Once I'm certain Adeline is with her, we'll know how to start hunting the place down.