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

it, who's got the gall to cause such a ruckus on Middle Island?" Ralap muttered angrily. "Take Oliver with you

the other families.

threat to the resources of

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

the Elder; tell him we have

families. Quentin was much more

keys to all of Forbidden

for centuries, and his word was law. Now,

stake, they turned to him for

men had made their move. He had expected a confrontation with K upon

Island, which was a

mused darkly,

forces, and

K was mad enough to take things this far, Quentin was ready to meet

helicopter. At least thirty have been sighted

out if anything else has happened within the organization besides

Elder."

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

well.

deepened. "Forget it then. Just fight. I want to see if K

Forbidden Island, a fleet of massive ships lay in wait.

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

if he obliterated the island, he would make it escaping

had no such intention. The island harbored Maja, lan, and the Holy

upon her trail, and Philip was

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

once said to him? That he was too consumed by darkness

those

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

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