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

such a ruckus on Middle Island?" Ralap muttered

to consult with the other families. We must deal

of Inner Island's ruling families. They

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

the Elder; tell him we have an urgent

Quentin was much more than a collaborator like BLACK to

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

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

they turned to him for

made their move. He had expected a confrontation with K

was launched in the Forbidden Island, which was a

darkly, wiping the blood from

island forces,

things this far, Quentin

thirty have been sighted

else has happened within the organization besides the capture

Elder."

it was likely that K's men had seized

well.

Just fight. I want to see

massive ships lay in wait. Philip lounged

he watched

pass by for days, so their operations would

obliterated the island, he would make it

such intention. The island harbored Maja, lan, and

her trail, and Philip was astonished

yet. He wanted to see her, to

consumed by darkness to lead, that

those around

morphed into the

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