The warehouse door closed behind him with a heavy, final sound. No windows. Thick walls. The air already smelled of leather, polished wood, and something sharper underneath—metal, oil, the faint tang of antiseptic.Noah stood in the middle of the open space, wrists cuffed in front of him, naked except for the plain black collar they had locked on in the car. His pulse hammered against the leather. He kept his eyes on the concrete floor because looking up meant looking at them.Two of them.Marcus was the taller one, broad across the chest, dark hair cut short, eyes that never seemed to blink. He leaned against a heavy wooden cross bolted to the far wall, arms folded, already studying every inch of Noah like he was inventory. Beside him, Elias—leaner, silver at the temples, moving with the quiet precision of someone who never wasted a step. Elias held a small remote in one hand and a coiled length of black rope in the other.“Name,” Marcus sai
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