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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

upon Middle Island

such a ruckus on

families. We must deal with this external

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

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

Elder; tell him we

was much more than a collaborator like

the keys to all of Forbidden

the rules that governed Forbidden Island for centuries, and

stake, they turned

their move. He had expected a confrontation

the Forbidden Island, which was a blatant

Quentin mused darkly, wiping the blood from his

forces, and eliminate

things this far, Quentin

K's forces cby helicopter. At least thirty have been sighted so far,"

"Find out if anything else has happened within the organization besides the capture

Elder."

since morning, and it was likely that K's men had seized

well.

fight. I want to see if K has the guts to destroy

fleet of massive ships lay in wait. Philip lounged on the deck of one, swirling a glass of

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under lockdown; no vessel would pass by for days, so their operations

island, he would make it escaping

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

stumbled upon her trail, and Philip was astonished to

couldn't destroy the island—not yet. He wanted to see

him? That he was too consumed by darkness to

those

curled into a smile, but quickly his expression morphed into the warm and gentle mask he wore as Phelps