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,

into the depth of the tunnel, his voice tinged with

passage, we're

lan nodded.

tugged at Oliver's lips as

gamble had paid off. He finally had

blue, likely a call from someone in the

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

his phone. He was so close to

at the caller ID, he saw

"Oliver, where are you?"

known each other for years, but the Bradshaw family had nearly

a stroke

of taking a look at the world

Oliver, Robin was content with life on Inner

one who had always yearned to

Since you're leaving,

Oliver realized the seal was of

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

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

that night, they were

center of the explosion.

Bradshaws were

Oliver looked at lan.

lan. I'll deliver it to Robin. He should

back within ten

"Sure."

couldn't help but

my life was handing that thing

respect for Oliver's demeanor, calm

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