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.

him, and willing

his finger into the condensation on his glass, lan slowly wrote a word on

one glance before he dropped his

had he gone against

was meant to rule Forbidden Island, and masterfully

now, something felt

right. He missed the way Maja looked at him, with such fondness

grief, sifting through ashes for bones. No one had ever done anything like

stranger to wrongdoing, and he could even

care about anyone else's opinion, yet Maja's mattered to

the Quentin she wanted to protect

his true identity in front of her as she was beaten, which would definitely deliver a fatal blow to her

trust.

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he even staged a

he wanted her to remember

candy. Maja had offered him a piece, and although he hadn't tasted it, he wanted to

sweetness.

he was

show Maja the last shred of

that, he wiped away the words from

didn't agree, he would still turn a blind eye to

like now, Quentin was aware of lan's reinforcements but

grabbed a napkin to wipe

you

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

There

eyebrow slightly. A

the only way to communicate with the outside world, and lan

puppet master of Forbidden Island,

ten minutes

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

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