When the waves ccrashing in, Maja's instinct was to clutch lan close to her.

But lan was quicker, enveloping her in his arms as they both plunged into the churning sea.

Forbidden Island was a remote place, a solitary speck of land with no other islands for miles around, a place where whirlpools were

a common menace.

The moment Maja hit the water, she felt a powerful undertow dragging her down.

lan was a strong swimmer and he fought hard, pushing toward the shore with her in his grasp.

After ten minutes of struggle, it was clear that lan's strength was waning.

He'd had a long night, orchestrating everything on Inner Island, leading their escape to this point, and flawlessly alerting Dylan and

Abner.

Now that K's forces were tied up, all they needed to do was make it back safely from these waters, and their mission on Forbidden

Island would be complete.

But just as Maja thought they were making headway, a wave slammed into her, dragging her under.

lan's grip never wavered.

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For a fleeting moment, Maja considered letting go.

But lan, mustering every last ounce of strength, pushed her towards the shore.

Just as she reached out for his hand, another ferocious wave surged over, sweeping him away.

"lan!"

meters into the depths before someone sprinted behind her,

dangerous to

black abyss, and she, already drained of strength, nearly toppled backward when

herself face to face

Beck had ctoo.

and

Sanders, lan's been taken

on Forbidden Island, calling him Beck

a

instinctively covered Maja's ears

that explosion was

lan. Dylan and Abner are still holding off K's men. K's likely to retreat

stronghold is at

several

speak, but then warmth enveloped her as Beck draped his jacket over

"I'm not cold."

"Wear it."

silent, eyes fixed

was right. K retreated quickly, outnumbered

his voice edged with

"Where's Quentin?"

and lan might have been

the other end was

in the torture

were spoken, a

has volunteered for

crwas betraying his adoptive father and revealing

of offenses was long, including infighting within the organization—after all, those on K's side were

group.

Maja and striking at K, Quentin had turned against

K, they had never cto blows like

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