The glass cabwasn't made of the ordinary kind one saw in storefronts. Under the weight of sunseen force, it had

shattered, sending shards skittering across the floor where they lacerated the back of his hand, leaving behind a trail of blood.

But he didn't care, not even enough to bandage the wound. Instead, he just turned around and headed back to his room to sleep.

lan watched the scene unfold with a mix of confusion and disbelief. What was this guy on?

It wasn't until lan passed by another room and heard noises that should have been private -noises so cringeworthy that he wished

he could unhear them. The deliberate cooing and feigned innocence emanating from a woman in her fifties sent shivers down his

spine.

He knew what was happening behind that door, and he heard the nthe woman was calling out.

Suddenly, it all clicked for lan. Philip had lost his marbles. In a desperate bid to please this woman, he had thrown his own brother

to the wolves - or rather, to an old vixen with a heart of stone. No wonder the guy was losing his mind.

After all, Philip was a man of pride.

A smirk of irony touched lan's eyes. The world was a twisted stage, and Philip, who thought he was pulling all the strings, was just

as much a puppet as the rest.

What went around, caround.

When lan got back to his room, an hour had passed. He had gotten a good sense of the layout, except for Dylan, he'd located all

the living souls. But he suspected there were parts of the air ducts he hadn't accessed yet. So far, he hadn't detected any area that

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Like that man in the central hall earlier - his quarters remained elusive.

the entire base. Now it seemed

quarter housed the elite.

the core lab, but he wasn't

more days of observation were in

ever since she lost contact with lan. She couldn't sleep, so she decided to take a

hallway.

and she had been obedient, only venturing as far as

rooms on all three floors, giving her a sense

hotel, where she spotted a woman staggering about. It was

days. Didn't expect she'd

the woman collapsed at the hotel's entrance. She wanted to go check herself but

lan's men.

Pennyfeather, Mr. Raymond insists

has just collapsed outside the hotel. Please, check

Cania sickness. If she's caught it, you're

a deep breath, "She doesn't look sick; she looks

someone take a look, get her to the hospital for

bringing her back

nodded. It was the best they could

had

been removed, the wounds neatly

at 5 AM, but she was still unconscious. It wasn't until two more hours

the woman in the bed

Her voice was

her swater, "How do

"Fine, thanks."

you get

throat felt better, "Il went to that

glanced at Maja's belly, and as if afraid she

turned away, "Keep

do you realize how contagious that

woman forced a smile, "I told you before, I always felt my brother

wearing a jade bead

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