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But all that, surely, was a matter for later consideration.

Right now, his suspicions were squarely on the identity of this man.

As the man was shrouded in a dark cloak, it would be all too easy for someone to masquerade as him.

He'd been duped by such trickery before. Once lan had the audacity to cavort with Maja right under his nose in his own villa.

The mere thought of it now still made his blood boil.

To prevent a repeat of such an incident, he had to see Mr. BLACK's face for himself.

"Lord Bradshaw, if I recall correctly, lan was imprisoned not too long ago, right? Now that he's on the run, you might not be fully

aware of the kind of man lan is. He's bold yet meticulous. I need you to confirm Mr. BLACK's identity. Otherwise, I fear it might be

lan in disguise. After all, he has pulled such stunts before."

Timothy frowned, finding the situation rather preposterous.

An escaped convict daring to impersonate a distinguished guest of Inner Island?

But this was lan, a man whose arrival on Inner Island had always caused a stir.

"Mr. Patric, for all these years, we've been none the wiser about Mr. BLACK's appearance."

"Just as long as it's not lan."

Patric spoke calmly, a cold glint passing through his eyes, "Let's do it tomorrow morning. Ralap is coming over to persuade you

anyway. We'll have Mr. BLACK reveal his face in front of everyone."

"Wouldn't that offend him?"

apprehensive. After all, Mr. BLACK had been a revered guest among the leading families

for certain whether Patric could actually produce that drug he spoke of, and it seemed unwise

without good reason.

him from the start, the

produced a pill between his fingertips and placed it into Timothy's

is a drug that makes people compliant. Within three minutes, a person with weak willpower can

to test it

on

with an answer

skeptical of Patric as he

a newly hired maid - a young woman who had recently joined the Bradshaw

"Swallow this."

had no standing

shivered but obediently swallowed

than five minutes,

of tea with

She began to undress.

curled Timothy's lips as he

by

the dagger from the table and try to kill him," Timothy

the table and

bodyguard, startled, immediately

dagger to strike, Timothy shouted,

the dagger clattering to the

his hands in excitement,

to what had transpired, heard Timothy's instructions, "Go tell Mr. Patric that I'll

bodyguard quickly stood up

thrill of excitement crossed Timothy's face. With Patric's help, the Bradshaw

household on Inner Island!

lips twisted into a smile, and his eyes

lan was sitting up in bed, unable

Maja, whom he had only glimpsed briefly, but