Timothy didn't waste a second before he set things in motion.

Patric remained rooted to the spot, his gaze fixed in the direction where lan had vanished, a flicker of murderous intent crossing his

eyes.

Inside the restaurant, only lan and Quentin were seated.

Quentin didn't speak, nor did he touch any of the food laid out before him.

lan also leaned back into his chair silently, with a casual, yet piercing gaze resting upon Quentin.

The atmosphere was quiet, yet charged with an unspoken tension.

After a while, Quentin tapped his fingers on the table, which broke the silence.

"Got beef with Kevin?"

"Something like that."

"There are two factions that have entered the island. One is Kevin's. The other, which landed ten minutes ago, is yours, right?"

lan remained silent, but his eyes, which exerted a subtle pressure, spoke volumes.

Quentin chuckled coldly, "Ten minutes ago, huh? That's when I covered for you. lan, you sure know how to play your cards."

lan had been investigating the power behind Forbidden Island but had hit a wall; the person was too well-concealed and never

showed their true face.

Today, he finally met the man behind the curtains, and this enigmetic figure was unexpectedly on his side.

lan was well aware that his arrival had thrown Inner Island into chaos; his previous emergence had united the powerful families

against him.

was aiding him, and willing to turn

his glass, lan slowly wrote a word

the word with just one glance before he dropped his

he gone

Forbidden Island, and masterfully manipulated the

something felt

way Maja looked at him, with

sifting through ashes for bones. No one

stranger to wrongdoing, and

care about anyone else's

Quentin she

in front of her as she was beaten, which would definitely deliver

trust.

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done that. Instead, he even staged a play to let the persona

to remember the nof Quentin

one had ever given him candy. Maja had offered him a piece, and although he hadn't tasted it, he wanted to offer back a

sweetness.

mad; he was

show Maja the last shred of

he wiped away the words from the

understood that even if the man didn't agree, he would still turn a blind eye to his

like now, Quentin was aware of lan's reinforcements but hadn't stopped them from entering Forbidden

a napkin to wipe the moisture from his

you contact the

I got here, a friend of Maja's brother gave us a note with an address where

There

raised an eyebrow slightly. A carrier

way to communicate with the

puppet master of Forbidden Island, had been

been given ten

fell silent again. He didn't know lan well, but he was

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