Clutching the family seal ring in his fist, Oliver turned on his heel and walked away without a backward glance.

With a gentle touch, lan brushed Maja's hair from her sweat-dampened forehead as she lay on the ground, lost in a fitful slumber

that even her dreams couldn't soothe.

His heart ached for her, and guilt gnawed at him for not being able to save her mother.

But right now, protecting Maja was his only focus.

He buried his face in the crook of her neck, a rare moment of vulnerability washing over him.

Ever since they had set foot on Forbidden Island, he hadn't dared to rest, working tirelessly to convince Oliver, investigate the

elders’ secrets, and familiarize himself with the treacherous terrain.

He regretted dragging Maja into this mess.

The situation with Patric had spiraled beyond his understanding. He wasn't omnipotent; even he could make a mistake.

"Oliver, you've got ten minutes. If you're not back by then, I'm leaving without you," lan said into his phone, his voice steady but

firm.

"Okay," cthe terse reply.

Oliver was already a good distance away, his figure gradually swallowed by the smoke and chaos of the battlefield.

lan started the ten-minute countdown on his phone, determined to keep his promise to Oliver.

Leaning against the wall, he held Maja tightly in his arms as the seconds ticked by. Seven minutes passed without any sign of

Oliver, causing lan's brow to furrow with concern.

Two more minutes slipped away, and still no Oliver.

approached, lan's gaze was fixed,

Oliver, who had gambled everything, was

his cheeks. Desperately, he tried to crawl toward the rendezvous

only manage to

approached, stopping close by. A pair

walk?" It

wanted to shake his head, but he couldn't

the gory sight of Oliver's chest wound. It

merely in his final

closed his eyes for a brief second, swallowing the lump of sorrow in

lips, but his arm fell limp,

deep breath, lan felt a newfound contempt for Forbidden Island. It seemed Oliver was the only one who

from the Inner Island. He shouldn't have cto confront Robin, driven only by a flicker of

the knife into Oliver's

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defiance, and there was no way they would let him

the last time, Oliver

distant gunfire and explosions, then turned and walked toward where Maja

the rubble

the entrance to the tunnel, the others

who wants to leave with me, cnow. Those who

glances. "What about Oliver?" one

he strode into the depths of

the group saluted in the direction he had

family, and having temporarily followed lan's

unfamiliar with the world outside; it would be a fate

break free from it all. They only wished to

territory.

back, holding Maja close as he

growing darker by the minute. He had expected a

arrived, and to his

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