You are a celebrity—an actor—who just rose to fame after earning a significant role in a famous director's movie, thus the reason why the spotlight shone upon you and you alone lately.

Indeed, popularity and wealth gave you an unachievable fantasy you have daydreamed about often in your childhood days. You were once a child with a burning ambition and a strong desire for public approval.

Yet all of it came at a price you had to pay. You lost your privacy; you were constantly being harassed and were always surrounded by cameras.

What a naïve child you were. And the worst part of it all,

Stalking.

The heavy weight of your eyelids slowly rose open, like a curtain opening to introduce a new scene. Your memory of the last few days was a blur, a result of fainting amidst attending a dinner with the production crew.

Your wrists were numb from being bound to the chair you had been sitting in for probably a long time. As your eyes roamed over the lavish surroundings, you realized that you were in a large and opulent room.

"You're finally awake. It took me quite a while—kidnapping you, that is." A deep, sonorous voice rang inside your ears as you immediately turned your head forward.

Soren was closely in front of you after a swift motion with a twisted smile on his face, the traces of crimson red in his eyes boring into your soul.