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."

small group promptly collapsed on the ground, with Oliver leaning against the wall, his forehead glistening

depth of the tunnel, his voice

passage, we're out in the open world,

lan nodded.

Oliver's lips as

had paid off. He finally had

likely a call from someone

seal, and with the night's events and

off his phone. He was so close to leaving it

the caller ID, he saw it was Robin,

"Oliver, where are you?"

but the Bradshaw family had nearly been

a stroke of

a

Robin was content with life on

had always yearned to break free was

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

Oliver realized the seal was of

help from the Porters.

he didn't want the Bradshaws to be wiped

own turmoil that night, they were faring much better than the

center of the explosion.

Bradshaws were

Oliver looked at lan.

I'll deliver it to Robin. He should be close

within ten

"Sure."

Oliver couldn't help but crack

was handing that thing over to

a certain respect for Oliver's demeanor,

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