The island was still in the throes of battle.

lan, with Oliver in tow, had made their escape.

Oliver was unscathed, huffing and puffing as he trailed behind lan.

"lan, are you off to see your lady love now?"

"Yeah."

lan's tone was frosty. Hearing the gunfire outside, he pointed to a covert path.

"Take this way."

He had familiarized himself with the surroundings over the past few days.

After running for a while, Oliver felt that the sounds of battle had grown distant.

Standing in the middle of the street, lan questioned sshadowy figures.

"Where is she?"

"Mr. Raymond, we located Ms. Pennyfeather ten minutes ago. Please, follow me."

The shadowy group was a force commanded by the patriarch of the Porter family.

With the family ring bestowed upon lan by Oliver, lan had bectheir new master.

"What about the other woman I asked you to find?"

"She's on Outer Island, but it's complicated."

"How so?"

image of the woman in the photo you gave us, but she's blind, deaf, and locked up in a pitch-dark

his heart skipping a beat, lan wondered what had

lowered his lashes, "Let's

"Understood."

location,

Island tonight hadn't

woke to find Patric standing by her bed and

with her brows

"What are you doing?"

Instead, he clasped

gasped for air, feeling as if life itself

her face, then suddenly struck the back

She blacked out.

scooped her up and carried her to the car parked in the yard. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

car breezed through the checkpoints of Middle Island and

was a step too late. By the the arrived, the place was

"Where are they?"

at the figures lurking in the

Raymond, the man with Ms.

a photograph, and upon seeing it, lan recognized

joined forces with Maja and taken her to Inner Island without authorization. What was he up

that it would be dangerous to go back,

opposition. The enemies would surely retreat to Inner Island tonight, and the powerful families

side. If he went back

out from behind, his brows

Inner Island, are you? We've

they're bound to return to Inner Island

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