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."

Oliver leaning against the wall,

the tunnel, his voice

go through this passage, we're out in the

lan nodded.

as he touched

all-in gamble had paid off. He finally had the chance to see what

rang out of the blue, likely a call from someone

seal, and with

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

caller ID, he saw it was Robin, a

"Oliver, where are you?"

but the Bradshaw

stroke of

thinking of taking a look at the world

content with

one who had always yearned to

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

the seal

he had sought help from the Porters. With the Bradshaw family in shambles, Robin would

the other major families if he didn't want the Bradshaws to be wiped

the other families had their own turmoil that night, they were faring much better than the Bradshaws, who were at

center of the explosion.

a few Bradshaws were

Oliver looked at lan.

seal, lan. I'll deliver it to

back within ten

"Sure."

Oliver couldn't help but crack

life was handing that thing over to you. Lucky

certain respect for Oliver's demeanor, calm yet fiercely

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