00 hung her head low, mulling over her thoughts before giving a slow shake.

"You saved my family's life, brought us years of peace, I'm here by my own choice."

A hint of restraint shimmered in her eyes. She had her regrets, chiefly that lan didn't love her.

She had changed her appearance to look like Maja's; a dab of makeup, and no one could tell them apart.

She longed to stand in for Maja and stay by his side forever, but she knew confessing her feelings would be an act of folly.

She was just a stand-in, and the day she had blurted out that misunderstanding to Maja was the boldest move she had ever made

in her life.

Her family owed their lives to lan; she had to fulfill this mission.

lan took out a necklace and placed it in her palm.

"There's a poison pill in here."

00 understood why he was giving this to her. The methods at the research facility could make life worse than death; if it cto

that, she could take the poison and find release.

She calmly accepted it, a faint sense of relief in her eyes.

"lI understand, sir, I wish you and Ms. Pennyfeather a lifetof happiness."

lan was taken aback; he hadn't expected her to say that. He nodded slowly.

00 stood up, fastened the necklace around her neck, and played with it for a moment.

Even though it contained poison, this was still the first tshe had received such an adornment.

didn't look back at lan, just touched the necklace at her throat and

of the heart. He had only

of back-and-forths. Before that, he thought he was just not

built a barrier

research facility first and then reached out to his contacts back

be known by the international community just yet, or

had marked these points for him indicated these were the

contacted Dylan, Abner,

was intrigued by the research facility and wanted to cover in

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breathed a sigh of relief. Each person would bring about four others, totaling around twenty, and they needed to be armed

self-defense.

was surprised lan had already found a breakthrough. He took off the cap

meet Walter.

called Beck to ensure he would handle the aftermath in North America

it, Dylan, all

had overheard him on

had signaled

but Dylan would surely not

slipped out and boarded a plane to

was airborne, Beck realized she wasn't at hand panicked, ordering a search. Then

Maja:

I've gone to find

scalp tingled with

to book a flight but was informed that due to a recent outbreak in Cania, there would

Maja caught was

even before

immediately relayed this

lost track

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