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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.

gaze

didn't know that Oliver, who had gambled everything, was now lying

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

but could only manage to move

approached, stopping close by. A

you walk?" It was lan's

head, but he couldn't even muster the strength to do

wound. It

was merely in his

brief second, swallowing the

on his lips, but his arm fell limp, crashing

contempt for Forbidden Island. It

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

the knife into Oliver's heart,

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defiance, and there

for the last time,

the distant gunfire and explosions, then turned

by the rubble of

the entrance to the tunnel, the

softly, "Anyone who wants to leave with me, cnow. Those who wish to stay, this is

exchanged hesitant glances. "What

he strode into the

moment, the group saluted in the direction he had gone. "Mr. Raymond, until

and having temporarily followed lan's command, returning would mean

it

were not like Oliver, who had the resolve to break free from it all. They only

territory.

didn't look back, holding Maja close

on a ship with his face growing darker by the

and to his shock,