Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The night was chaos incarnate.

Maja couldn't fathom Patric's endgame, but the cacophony of blasts reverberating through the air was a clear indicator that he had

rigged explosives across multiple locations.

How much of Eric's memory had he assimilated? These bombs weren't bought; they were handcrafted by the man himself.

Eric was a prodigy with a penchant for the elemental, and for him, crafting bombs was a walk in the park.

Maja furrowed her brows, as she smelled the stench of blood undeniable in the air, mingling with the howls and wails that seemed

to ride the waves of the explosions.

Patric's move was merciless, not intended to spare anyone, even the Bradshaws.

She took a deep breath, but found the sulfur hanging heavy and acrid in the air made her stomach churn.

Patric held her close with one arm, while the other hastily wrapped a torn piece of cloth around his bleeding wound.

"Patric, where the hell are you taking me?" Maja's voice was tinged with a mix of fear and confusion.

Why stir up this hornet's nest?

If he wanted to get out, why not just team up with lan? After all, they had entered this mess together.

Why go to such lengths, planting bombs everywhere?

Was his plan to let lan die, to throw the Bradshaws into disarray, and to cause an uproar on Forbidden Island so as to make it

slipping away in the chaos?

And why take her along? If he had left her behind, he could already be in ssafe haven by now.

"Shut up!" Patric barked, as he hoisted her up and trudged forward.

The thick dust in the air choked him and made him cough a bit, and suddenly, faint footsteps caught his attention.

Then, a man's voice cut through the turmoil.

"Hand her over."

It was lan's voice.

that he

Bradshaws' tonight, where the bombs were the

could he

settled slightly, Patric could see the

cloak, lan wielded a

by earlier

Maja tighter, his

"Why are you here?"

set, there should've

lan so damn

and the bullet stroke Patric in the

and Maja slipped

lan caught her effortlessly.

still paralyzed, her

already wounded in the leg, now took a hit to the shoulder, but he felt no pain—all he did was fixing his eyes on

silent scrutiny.

he recalled the moment they had entered Forbidden Island together; back

to access chapters of novels early and in

happened in such a short span to make Patric hate him this

Maja securely, lan commanded

leave now to pick up Oliver Porter, and then

"Understood, Mr. Raymond."

forces mobilized by the head of the Porter family at lan's behest,

to get

and the Bradshaws nearly decimated,

to investigate the

aftermath, Inner Island would be licking its wounds, and too preoccupied to concern itself

for that, lan had Patric's machinations to

approached Patric and helped him to his feet, but Patric could only glare at

for tonight, by successfully turning Timothy and trapping the so-called elder and lan at

Bradshaws.

Island,