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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

cause such a ruckus on Middle Island?" Ralap muttered angrily. "Take Oliver

the other families. We

a direct threat to the resources of Inner Island's ruling families. They had to eradicate them just

they planned for lan.

"Understood, boss."

contact the Elder; tell him

Quentin, a man revered by the families. Quentin was much

all of Forbidden Island's surveillance,

Forbidden Island for centuries,

turned to

made their move. He

Forbidden Island, which was

darkly, wiping the blood from his

forces, and eliminate K's

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

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

bold move," Quentin noted. "Find out if anything else has happened within the organization besides the capture of the

Elder."

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

well.

want to

Island, a fleet of massive ships lay in

watched helicopters

pass by for

he would make it escaping

and the Holy Daughter. His agents

had stumbled upon her trail, and Philip

He wanted to see her, to facilitate

he was too consumed by darkness to lead, that his

those around

a smile, but quickly his expression morphed into the warm