Chapter 1068

lan’s hand paused mid–shuffle, a touch of admiration for her thick skin crossing his face.

Outside the bustling hall, Maja froze as she listened to the voice on the other end of the call.

The caller was none other than the currently missing Grandpa Holden

‘Maja.”

The voice on the other end paused, followed by a series of coughs.

‘Grandpa Holden.”

Maja, thinking she was hallucinating, responded urgently.

“Where are you now? lan has been looking for you everywhere.”

“Maja, let’s meet tomorrow night, and don’t tell lan.”

Tomorrow night?

They would be deep in the mountains by then, camping overnight.

This meant that Holden was nearby but chose to remain hidden

was, “There are some things I want to

he started coughing heavily again.

he was already on his last leg. Now, it was a

I’ll have lan trace this call.”

to see you. I want to clarify some things. Please, don’t

‘Alright.”

to the crowd, but lan was nowhere

nearby,

a man? Just went to answer a

argue. If a conflict arose, lan would be upset

all around but found no sign of him until someone kindly mentioned, “He’s in the poker

and spent the evening playing with him away from the crowd.

entering the poker room, Maja instantly spotted Judith seated next

to cozy up to lan, laughing and chatting.

She hadn’t committed

sigh of

and play”

her head. “I’m going to bed. I

finished what they started in

kept

“You’re leaving after just one round?”

Stay and play with us a bit longer.”

he did respect Dylan and sat back

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