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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

Middle

the gall to cause such a ruckus on Middle

I need to consult with the other families. We must

threat to the resources of Inner Island's ruling families. They had to

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

contact the Elder; tell him we have an urgent

man revered by the families. Quentin was much more than a

because he held the keys to all of Forbidden Island's surveillance, and therefore he was

Forbidden Island for centuries,

stake, they turned to

already aware that K's men had made their move. He had expected a confrontation

Island, which was a

darkly,

all our island forces, and

was mad enough to take things this far,

thirty have been

bold move," Quentin noted. "Find out if anything else has happened within

Elder."

it was likely that K's men had seized the other Elders

well.

Just fight. I want to see if K has the

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no vessel would pass by for days, so their

the island, he

island harbored Maja, lan, and the

and Philip was astonished to find

yet. He wanted to see her, to facilitate a

had she once said to him? That he was too consumed by darkness to lead,

to those

smile, but quickly his expression morphed into the