Phil lounged beside him on the deck chair; the glass cradled in his hand was not filled with red wine, but with the celebratory fizz of

champagne.

"Man, if it were me, I'd just blow the whole damn island."

Phil never was one for leaving loose ends, but he respected his brother's every decision.

They were twins, after all, and he'd grown accustomed to being his brother's shadow.

Taking a leisurely sip from the flute, he let the moment linger.

"What's the fun in that? Quentin's likely in there too. If he gets caught in the blast, the organization will be even more of a

headache."

Though the third Elder was captured, the other elders were still out and about.

These two stubborn old goats were in the sboat, and the elusive Quentin hiding out on Forbidden Island. That left only seven

elders on their side within the BK faction.

With a force as formidable as BK, if three elders were to gang up against him, it would be a significant nuisance.

So, if they could make it persuading Quentin to join forces, that was the move to make.

Besides, Quentin had a key partner in the research base.

His ultimate goal wasn't BK, but that very research base.

with certain folks at the base, it was only natural to have a heart-to-heart with him

stubborn; he wouldn't bend unless he was thoroughly convinced. Only

to

but Maja and lan, and the long-hidden Holy

had

brought back by the Holy Daughter,

toward the horizon, and his thoughts trailed off to

the day within the BK organization, he'd thought Cynthia held him in

approval, always

he was aware of

for overly

dissect these creatures, and displayed their remains prominently -as

first joined BK, he wasn’t used to it

entangled in her own troubles, because she rarely cto

she hadn't brought him back intentionally, and that it may have been a careless

obligation.

an ordinary soul. Sᴇaʀᴄh

animals?" Cynthia had asked him one day, with disbelief written all over

had refused the mantle of BK leader so as to lead a normal

could never

dissected animals hung in the sun,

him how to dissect;

would praise him, so

this to do

brandished the

dissected was a cat, who was nurtured within the

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