Maja couldn't help but feel the encounter with the woman was too coincidental, and yet when they were both caught up in a

foreign land's black market, the woman showed no sign of panic.

But what Maja chose to believe was the genuine emotion in the woman's eyes when she spoke of finding her brother. That kind of

feeling couldn't be faked; perhaps she truly was here to look for someone.

Later, as they entered the hotel together and caught sight of each other's faces, the woman showed no surprise, confirming she

didn't recognize Maja.

Maja sipped the broth from the bowl before her.

"She must be here to find someone," she mused.

lan reached out, affectionately ruffling her hair. He knew Maja well; she appeared aloof but was tender-hearted and struggled to be

harsh to anyone. Her strong sense of responsibility was both a blessing and a curse.

Anyway, he wouldn't force her to change.

After finishing her soup, Maja brushed her teeth.

When she emerged from the bathroom, lan set aside his laptop and began to dry her hair, a moment of intimacy they hadn't

his

her hair, and seeing her exhaustion, he gently massaged her scalp until she drifted off. He tucked

before the phone

hotel?" his man on

book rooms for you guys. There's a whole crowd coming

"Got it."

of the vacant rooms on their floor and elsewhere in the hotel. After making sure his

called the underground fight club,

place recently rife

giving you a number, Nydia. Contact Walter; he'll know how

someone like Walter, with his global connections, could secure air travel rights within

which he didn't have. He wanted

immediately got in touch and dispatched her best fighters—fifty from the underground club, all

notch.

brought them to safeguard Maja at the hotel. With her pregnant, there was no

everything was in place, lan showered

he deeply inhaled her scent, feeling a peace

on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest

later, Dylan and

Without much concern, she turned over and continued to

lan's voice mingling with others, followed by the sharp crack of gunfire not far from the hotel but not in

hallway.

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