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 which city

the woman, her stomach revolted, and she

was too much of a shock to her

wasn't that she was overly delicate; her

vomit. "Are you okay? Did you get food poisoning? The hotel's food is

decent; this shouldn't happen."

rinsed her mouth out with water, looking pale. "It's not the quality.

here," said the woman, noticing Maja's pallor before

sharp and uncompromising air, her gaze lacking warmth—as if her friendliness was a

not her natural

mood to ponder these observations; her stomach was still

brought with her a bowl of warm porridge and placed it

"Take it."

"Thank you."

eating half the bowl, Maja felt that her

up, ready to

you're looking for your brother in

a decade ago. He's eight years younger than I am. I'm twenty-six, so

I can only remember what he looked like as

her brother had been missing since he was

had passed; how could she possibly find him? And how did she

woman seemed to guess Maja's thoughts, her lips twitching slightly. "I've never

found out who

this rough place after being sold

discourage her but heard the woman add, "I have this strong

cand save him

clung to their own

powered on her

her, and

"Where are you?"

his dark tone that he

told him the nof her hotel, and lan

hour. Stay in

he

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