Tears streamed down Maja's cheeks in heavy drops as the weight of her predicament bore down on her.

What was she to do? After all the trouble to find her mother, was she to leave her in this cold, dreary basement?

Who could be so cruel? Who was responsible for this?

Her lips tightened, a cold fury settled in her eyes. Never before had she felt such a desire to take someone's life.

"Maja."

lan wrapped his arms around her, feeling utterly helpless.

He had planned for every contingency, but he hadn't expected the stronghold where they held Cynthia to be so impenetrable.

Gunshots still echoed in the background as he lifted Maja into his arms.

She tried to struggle, but her strength was failing her.

"I'm sorry, you need to rest."

With a swift chop to the nape of her neck, lan knocked her out.

Maja's eyes widened in disbelief before she slipped into unconsciousness.

Behind them, Cynthia remained seated behind the door, oblivious to the chaos outside, her detached expression unchanged.

lan signaled to his men with a calm voice.

"Have the mute caretaker that looked after her continue to do so."

"Understood."

The goons from K's outfit were already

arms, lan made

silence of the basement, the two stunned guards already dragged away

it always was for her, a silence that

a thousand cameras watched her, like

door to the basement closed slowly, Cynthia remained unaware that someone had

worried over, had been

of the basement when a barrage of gunfire met

men were returning

noticed Patric had cto, his eyes fixing lan with a

holding

Patric chuckled coldly.

you can get out

you done?" lan

lips curled into a smirk as he pointed to

with K, let him plant

Patric's collar, anger flashing

you lost your

swatted his

us leave? Let's stay here on Forbidden Island.

to his fate, unafraid of dying at lan's

knife from

like lan was determined to

buried the tracker close to his heart as a safeguard

slip of the knife, and Patric

meant Eric

would have

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