Author's POV

In a dimly lit room, he sat on the sofa like a king with his legs crossed and arms spread on both sides of his head. Dressed in denim jeans and a black shirt whose first two buttons were opened revealing his manly toned body. His face was covered with a black mask and his hands with black leather gloves. His cold and calm aura screamed danger and his ocean-blue orbs were enough to scare anyone to death.

He leaned his head back on the sofa and closed his eyes. His bodyguards stood in every corner of the room and were ready to rip apart anyone with just one gesture from him. The silence of the room broke with a person's footsteps.

A middle-aged man entered the room along with his 10 bodyguards. He was dressed in a black tuxedo and a shiny Rolex rested on his left wrist. He was Evon Smith. The owner of the largest strip club in the city. Evon sat in front of the man and waited for him to say something. When the man didn't speak anything, Evon decided to break the haunting silence and said,

Evon: King, it is an honor that you've visited my club. But I don't know why suddenly I was called here. How may I serve you, king?

??: Evon, the owner of the biggest strip club. I am sure you have a lot of money so I wonder what made you betray me by leaking the information of my drugs to the cops. Tell me, Evon, how much did that bastard Willson Jones pay you?

Evon froze listening to the man. He knew that the person sitting in front of him was the Mafia King of the whole underworld. Everyone didn't have a chance to see him. And that he knew about his betrayal, Evon knew that he wouldn't be forgiven. Evon got on his knees and cried,

??: Forgive me, King. Show me some mercy. Willson had threatened me that if I didn't listen to him, he would leak all the evidence about my illegal business to the cops. I became greedy. This club is my livelihood and I couldn't lose it. Forgive me, king. I beg you. Please forgive me.

The man let out a small chuckle and looked at his feet where Evon was sitting on his knees begging for mercy. He took out his gun from his pocket and started playing with it.

??: So you want me to forgive you? Okay, what would you give me in return?

Evon: King, I'll be forever loyal to you and serve you with my life. And if you want you can spend as many nights as you want with my wife and daughter. Please spare my life, King.

??: Evon. You know what, a man who is not loyal to his wife and is ready to give away his daughter also, how can I expect loyalty from him, Evon?

Evon: Ki...Ki...King...th..that's not what I meant...

Before he could speak further a loud gunshot was heard and Evon fell dead on the ground.

The man had shot Evon in the middle of his forehead and Evon died on the spot. He looked at his guards and spoke,

??: Clean up this mess.

Guards: Yes boss.

The man walked out of the room and removed his mask. He breathed in the fresh air and looked at the small yacht where his men threw Evon's dead body. He looked at him with his cold eyes and then after a few seconds, he pressed a button of a small remote, and there was a blast. Within no time the yacht was reduced to pieces. He looked at the scene with a smirk and then asked his guards,

??: Where's Kevin?

Guard: Boss he's waiting for you at the port.

??: Okay let's go.

Saying this the man went up to the deck of the ship and stood there looking at the vast blue ocean.

He was Nicholas Stephan. The underworld Mafia King of the whole world. The ruthless and cold monster of the underworld. His name was enough to scare the life away out of people. He was the DEVIL.

After a few more hours, the ship reached the port and Nicholas got down and was greeted by a bone-crushing hug from his only best friend Kevin Jones.

Kevin was the CEO of the biggest security company and a secret hacker of the underworld. Kevin and Nicholas had been friends since childhood and they only had themselves as their family in this world.

Nicholas tapped on Kevin's shoulder gesturing him to release him. Kevin broke the hug and asked,

Kevin: So has Evon descended to Hell?

Nicholas just smirked at Kevin and by that Kevin understood that Evon had already reached Hell.

Kevin shook his head and said,

Kevin: Good. Anyways that bastard was nothing but a pain in the ass. Okay so now you're free and I am free too so let's hit the club. Recently a new club has opened here and it has become quite popular within no time.

Nicolas just nodded his head in agreement with Kevin and both of them drove to the club.

Upon reaching the club, Kevin parked the car and both of them entered the club.

As they stepped in they were welcomed by the smell of alcohol, drugs, and sweat. The different colored Lights flashed upon the dancing people and the loud music banged. The world inside this place felt as if they were in a completely different part of the world. Both of them walked towards a silent corner and asked the servers for their drinks. A few stripper girls came and sat on their laps and a smirk was plastered on both of their faces.

Nicholas grabbed one of the girls and started to kiss her jaw and neck. He bit her harshly earning a painful groan from the girl. He was satisfied with her pain. He fisted her hair as she got on her knees.

Nicholas was about to unbuckle his trousers when he heard an announcement that the club's most famous stripper was about to give a show. Nicholas didn't seem to bother. He looked back at the girl who was on her knees when he saw all the lights go off and a spotlight fell on the stage. He saw a girl walk up to the stage wearing a white blouse along with a black pencil skirt. Her hair was tied up in a slick ponytail. For makeup, she wore a blood-red colored lipstick and a smoky eye look. The most captivating feature of hers was her brown almond eyes which didn't have any emotions in them. Overall she looked like a seductress whose one look who enough to bring men or women to their knees.

She started to sway her hips to the beat of the song and slowly removed her blouse revealing her black sparkly bralette. She threw her blouse towards the crowd and they went crazy to catch them. Many people passed vulgar comments towards her but she was so used to the things that their words meant nothing to her. She climbed up the pole and after on circle around it she got down and that's when her brown her met a pair of blue orbs.

Nicholas was awe-struck by her brown orbs. They both shared intense eye contact and none of them tried to break it. The girl was mesmerized by the pair of blue eyes. She had seen thousands of men in her life but none of them had captured her attention. After that during her whole performance, she didn't break eye contact and completed her performance. After the show was over she finally broke their staring contest as her boss had called her down.

The Club Owner: Very well done hoe. Your charms are amazing. No wonder you're my highest-paid stripper.

The girl didn't seem to be interested in any of the man's words and just went away. She entered the changing room and was greeted by many other girls like her who worked there just to have food on their plates. She walked towards a girl who held her neck and sat there. She looked at her and said,

??: What happened to your neck Eva?

Eva: That always happens, Amelia. A customer bit my neck so harshly that it started to bleed.

Amelia looked at her with no emotions in her eyes and walked towards a drawer. She brought out the first aid kit and started to dress Eva's bite mark. Eva looked at Amelia and said,

Eva: Did I deserve all this from life Ame? You know my biological father had sold me here. He raped my mother every night until she committed suicide and left me all alone in this world. And today I just got a letter from an unknown person that my dad is no more.

Amelia: So you're sad cause your father died?

Eva: No, never. I am happy that, that moron died but what about me. Don't I deserve any happiness? You know I just wanted to live a simple life. With my partner and my children. I didn't want any luxury. I wanted to fulfill my dream as a teacher. I wanted to educate those girls who were deprived of everything in their lives just because they were born as girls. But now all I do is pleasure some bloody bastards who use my body just to release their frustration.

Amelia understood Eva's pain but she knew that if Eva had to survive here in this world, she couldn't let herself break. 

Amelia held Eva's shoulder and said,

Amelia: Eva instead of dreaming accept where you belong to now. You are saying all this because you are new here. It's just been 6 months. Just wait and then you'll realize that dreams just give us false expectations and nothing else. Don't let anyone show you dreams, Eva. Never, ever. They will just break you and nothing else. Now go and have some food.

Eva looked at Amelia with a sad smile and walked inside a small room where the girls prepared food for themselves and ate. Amelia changed her outfit and wore a cotton frock which reached her mid-thighs. She removed her makeup opened her ponytail and brushed her hair. She was about to lie down when their boss Russo barged inside the room. She looked up at him and he spoke,

Russo: Amelia pack your stuff and get ready. Mr Stephan has bought you and from now on you'll be living with him.

●○○○○●