Chapter 40 - Today marks the end of the mask.

Sin Jon froze and dropped the glass of wine in his hand gently on the table. It sounded too good to be true. If he killed the masked man after giving the code, he could continue with his line of business by capturing the girls again or getting new ones.

Also, his reign of terror would end, meaning freedom for every business. But he was confused. This man might have something planned. How could he let down his life like that? It wasn't as if those women and children were his family members.

Time was ticking and Caddaric was out of options. Seeing the old man hadn’t picked up the gun, he continued in his robotic voice.

“I will call someone. Pick the gun and give out the code. As soon as you are done, pull the trigger. I won’t fight back,” he assured him.

The more time wasted, the greater the risk. He had less than eight minutes now and the clock was still sticking. He didn’t mind sacrificing his life for those innocent women and children and had run out of options. Since the man was w