The engine of the motorcycle hummed to a halt as Maja reached the heart of the city. Cania wasn't known for its skyline; the

highest buildings were modest high-rises, topping out at about fifteen floors.

Unbeknownst to her, this was the very district where lan had set up his base.

The towering structures she could see, dominating the modest cityscape, were part of the community welfare center.

lan, on the other hand, was already at the airport waiting to pick her up. Her flight had been delayed for hours, and now, to his

frustration, it had disappeared from the tracking systems altogether.

After questioning the airport staff, lan learned that Maja had already taken off on her own.

Cania had a peculiar lack of street cameras, making it nearly impossible to track someone's movements. lan could only gather that

Maja had gotten into a car with another woman, but where they'd gone was a mystery.

Anxiety gnawed at him as he ordered a sweep of the available cameras in the city. Eventually, he spotted a trace of Maja on a

street heading towards the city he stayed right now.

Relieved, lan tried calling her numerous times, but her phone must have died, as it went straight to voicemail each time.

Hurrying back into the city, lan continued the search. But as the city descended into turmoil, many cameras were out of Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

commission. Finding someone here was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

What irked him the most was Cania's dismal intepenetration rate, less than twenty percent. It meant that the majority of its

citizens would never venture into the online world, and he couldn't use advertising to find her like he could on Forbidden Island.

Maja was oblivious to lan's frantic search. It wasn't until she reached her hotel room that she realized her phone had died.

Fate seemed to have a sense of humor; she and the woman she'd met along the way had booked rooms on the sfloor.

and she had no clue in

shared a meal with the woman, her stomach revolted, and she promptly threw up. Accustomed to the rich and

at the Sanders’ residence, the local fare was too much of

that she was overly delicate; her body

concerned when she saw Maja vomit. "Are you okay?

decent; this shouldn't happen."

pale. "It's not the quality. I'm just not

bland. Just wait here," said the

air, her gaze

not

Maja wasn't in the mood to ponder these observations; her stomach was still

her a bowl of warm porridge and

"Take it."

"Thank you."

the bowl, Maja felt that her

woman stood up, ready to

your brother

He's eight years younger than I am. I'm

by now. But I can only remember what he looked like as

had been missing since he was two or

find him? And

thoughts, her lips twitching slightly. "I've never stopped looking

who sold him. He was

prospect of a child surviving in this rough place after being

add, "I have this strong feeling

him all

said nothing. Everyone clung to

the woman left, Maja powered on her phone

in his search for her, and when she finally called, the

"Where are you?"

could tell by his dark tone that

him the nof her hotel, and lan responded with

be there in half an hour. Stay in your room and

he hung

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