I had never touched drugs before.
But loneliness is a dangerous thing.
I started drinking.
Then other things.
Then I started spending time with the wrong people.
Criminals. Small-time operators. Fixers.
I built connections.
I built a name.
That was when Cadler Valc was born.
The Shift
One night, I looked at myself in the mirror.
This wasn't revenge.
This was self-destruction.
So I disappeared from that world.
I quit everything.
Locked myself in a room.
Studied day and night.
Running at 4 a.m.
Books till midnight.
Months later, I passed the Bihar Police examination.
I was selected.
For the first time since my parents died… I felt proud.
The Uniform
Becoming a Sub-Inspector felt like rebirth.
But power changes people.
At first, I told myself I was just surviving the system.
Then I told myself everyone does it.
Then I stopped telling myself anything.
Money started coming.
Contacts grew — businessmen, local operators, power brokers.
I understood how the machine worked.
And instead of fighting it…
I learned how to control it.
The Return to Saharsa
I got myself transferred back to Saharsa.
This time, I didn't return as a helpless boy.
I returned in uniform.
The same town.
Different man.
I knew the SP.
I knew the DM.
I knew ministers.
And outside the official world, I knew people in the shadows too.