He didn't say a word, just marched over to her suitcase in the room, grabbed her hand, and headed straight out the door.

At that moment, Maja's phone buzzed again, but she paid it no mind, her thoughts whirling around how lan had shown up so

unexpectedly.

Her mind was a mess, and since he wasn't speaking either, she, feeling guilty, stayed silent as well.

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It wasn't until she was about to get into the car that her phone rang once more.

Her luggage had already been stashed in the trunk, and lan had gone to the driver's side, while Maja stood outside to take the call.

"Maja, where are you? Didn't I tell you not to wander off?"

She stiffened, her mind suddenly sharp as a tack. What did he mean?

"lan?"

"Yeah."

lan sounded frantic. "Why aren't you in your room? Where did you go?"

Panic gripped her, and she instinctively stepped back.

The twilight obscured her vision, allowing her to see only the silhouette of the man in the car.

Even with her newfound clarity, the man seemed so much like lan.

She felt as though she had been pricked by a thorn, retreating several steps back to the hotel entrance.

The man in the car turned then, staring at her.

Not just the profile, but even the full face bore a strong resemblance to lan.

lan and his actual brother, Patric, shared only a slight resemblance, but this man in the car could pass for lan about seventy

percent.

his gaze fixed on her, eventually revealing a

sweat broke out on Maja's back until the real lan grabbed her hand

already pulling away, her suitcase gone

only a few simple items

wrist was so distinct, it chased away

she was

lan what had happened, as she had chere secretly. If lan found

she didn't want to

hand, his voice

cdown

"l just needed sair."

us later. You can't wander off anymore, stay by my

been frightened out of her wits, Maja was

was happening, felt a sweet warmth spread through

"What's wrong?"

I'll stay in the hotel if I have

couldn't bear to send her away. If necessary, he would just have more of his people cto

to keep anyone from approaching her

your room and not go out. I won't keep anything

Dylan and the

"Okay."

relief but thought of the man who had just appeared, and unease

purpose? Was someone grooming an lan doppelganger, just as lan had groomed a

her?

escorted her back to

and took

saw lan at the desk, his laptop open in

door from the woman

asleep? I've brought

sound

in the hallway; she's looking for

spoke, Maja opened the

holding a container, still

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