The truth that Patrick had been desperately searching for was too heart-wrenching, and he found himself hesitating to take out lan

and Maja. In the end, he accomplished nothing.

Patrick vanished in the blink of an eye, unwilling to utter another word.

lan pulled Maja back into his embrace, feeling a heavy weight in his chest.

Gunfire continued all around them - a fierce shootout between the Porter clan and K's gang.

K had called in a horde to the Forbidden Island for an ambush, riled up for reasons unknown.

Clutching Maja, lan motioned for the others to keep close as they hurried towards the secret passage Quentin had disclosed.

The air was thick with the stench of blood, a testament to the unknown number of lives lost on their path.

Upon reaching their destination, lan made sure Oliver was still with them before they quickly entered the tunnel.

The sound of explosions carried on outside, but they were no longer lan's concern.

Quentin had claimed this tunnel led straight to the shore of Forbidden Island, where Dylan and Abner's men would be waiting in a

chopper.

The night was a total melee, but with Dylan and Abner's guys around, K's forces were held at bay.

Gasping for air at the tunnel entrance, lan's crew tried to catch their breath, chests heaving.

They'd run the entire way, and even the fittest were spent.

lan raised his hand, gently caressing Maja's cheek.

"Let's rest here for ten minutes."

ground, with Oliver leaning

into the depth of the tunnel, his

we're out in

lan nodded.

lips as he touched his

off. He finally had the chance to see what lay

the blue, likely a call from someone in the

the family seal, and with the night's events and Oliver's absence,

tempted to just shut off his phone. He was so close to leaving it

at the caller ID, he saw it

"Oliver, where are you?"

and Robin had known each other for years, but the Bradshaw family

a stroke of

a

was content with life

always yearned to

Grandpa sentto retrieve the family seal. Since you're leaving, hand it over, will

Oliver realized the seal was of no use

help from the Porters. With the Bradshaw family in shambles,

families if he didn't want the Bradshaws

other families had their own turmoil that night, they were faring much better than

center of the explosion.

few Bradshaws

Oliver looked at lan.

I'll deliver it to Robin.

back within

"Sure."

seal, Oliver couldn't

bet of my life was handing that thing over

had a certain respect for

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