As lan and Oliver were left alone, the tension in the room was palpable.

Ralap, a man known for his caution, had stationed guards outside of lan's dwelling since the night before.

It was a charade of protection that thinly veiled his true intentions—surveillance. Ralap was after the medicine, a valuable

commodity in their cutthroat world. Now that it was gone, his unease was evident, yet he knew better than to lay a finger on lan.

As soon as the door closed, Oliver stood up, and brushed off the invisible dust from his jeans in a gesture of readiness.

"So, lan, when are we making our move?" he asked, the casual tone belying the gravity of their situation.

lan's gaze drifted toward the window; dusk was only a few hours away. He had deliberately leaked his location to the hounds who

were baying for his blood. It didn't take a genius to figure out they were under K's command.

K's influence seemed to have spread even here. Undoubtedly, K was holding back for sreason—if not, they would have been

wiped off the map with a single bomb, rather than this elaborate hunt within the island's confines.

But tonight, K's men would come. And when they did, amidst the clash with Ralap's forces, lan and Oliver would slip away to find

Maja.

Oliver didn't wait for an answer; he knew the pattern of their conversations well enough. Together, they silently bid their time.

Two hours later, the calm was shattered by the distant sound of gunfire. Ralap sat erect in the parlor, sipping his tea. Upon hearing

the shots, he turned to his most trusted aide.

"Go check what's happening."

But before the aide could move, the sporadic gunfire turned into a cacophony of chaos.

"Boss, I'll cover you. We need to get out of here," the aide insisted as Ralap's expression soured. Had his enemies dared to

upon Middle Island

the gall to cause such a ruckus on

families. We must deal with this external threat

audacity posed a direct threat to the resources of Inner Island's ruling

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

the Elder; tell him we have an urgent

a man revered by the families. Quentin was much more than a collaborator like BLACK to them;

keys to all of Forbidden Island's surveillance, and

the rules that governed Forbidden Island for centuries, and his word was law. Now, with the island's

at stake, they turned to him

men had made their move. He had

the assault was launched in the Forbidden Island,

into him?" Quentin mused darkly, wiping the blood

all our island forces, and

to take things this far, Quentin was ready to meet the challenge

thirty have been

if anything else has happened

Elder."

the organization had been lost since morning, and it was likely that K's men

well.

want to see if K has the guts to

in wait. Philip lounged on the deck of one, swirling a

he watched helicopters swarm above. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ FindNøvᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access

would pass

island, he would make

he had no such intention. The island harbored Maja, lan, and the Holy Daughter. His agents at the Mental Hospital

had stumbled upon her trail, and

island—not yet. He wanted to see her, to facilitate a

consumed by darkness to lead, that his

to those around

into the warm and gentle mask he wore as Phelps

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