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.

had thought the ducts ran through the entire base. Now it seemed they only covered

quarter housed the elite.

sof the toxins in the core lab, but he wasn't about to

few more days of observation were in

lost contact with lan. She couldn't

hallway.

made her promise not to leave the building, and she had been obedient, only venturing

all three floors, giving

woman staggering about. It was her

Didn't expect she'd

and then she saw the woman collapsed at the hotel's entrance. She

lan's men.

Mr. Raymond insists you

collapsed outside

bug going around, Cania sickness. If she's

breath, "She doesn't look

someone take a look, get her to the

before bringing

was the

hours later, the woman was brought back to the hotel. She had

been removed, the wounds neatly

the woman at 5 AM,

the woman in the bed

voice was raspy

and handed her

"Fine, thanks."

did you

a sip, the woman's throat felt better, "Il went to that village hit by the

and as if afraid she might contaminate her

"Keep your

checked; you're healthy. But do you realize how contagious that sickness

a smile, "I told you before, I always felt my brother was still alive. I met a local in the village

wearing a

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