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.

base. Now it seemed they only covered three-quarters

quarter housed the elite.

had also learned about sof the toxins in the core lab, but

of observation were

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

hallway.

to leave the building, and she had been obedient, only venturing as far as the

the rooms on all three floors,

hotel, where she spotted a woman staggering about. It

Didn't expect

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

lan's men.

Mr. Raymond insists you

outside the hotel. Please, check

she's caught it, you're at

"She doesn't look sick; she looks

then relented, "Alright, we'll have someone take a look, get her to the hospital for a

bringing her

the best

brought back to the hotel. She had taken bullets - one in her shoulder,

removed,

at 5

that the woman in the bed finally

Her voice was raspy and

handed her swater, "How do

"Fine, thanks."

did you get

a sip, the woman's throat felt better, "Il

glanced at Maja's belly, and as if afraid she might contaminate her with something

"Keep

healthy. But do you

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

a boy wearing a jade bead

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