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."

goons from K's outfit were

his arms, lan made

the two

always was for her, a silence that felt as if she was the

over a thousand cameras watched her, like a thousand eyes

closed slowly, Cynthia remained unaware that someone had

whom she had worried over,

the basement when a barrage of gunfire met his

men were returning

Patric had cto, his eyes fixing lan with a

frowned, holding Maja

Patric chuckled coldly.

you think you can get

you

lips curled into a smirk as

with K, let him plant

anger flashing

lost

his hand away,

neither of us leave? Let's stay here on Forbidden Island. It's

resigned to his fate,

and grabbed a knife from nearby,

like lan was determined to find the

close to

A slip of the knife,

Patric died, it meant Eric would be gone

have

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