"No need to know who I am, what matters is I can help you."

The man looked at Philip's blind eye, a crushing blow for someone as proud as him.

"What do you say, coming with me?"

Suspicion still clouded Philip's eyes as his brother, Phil, clutched his hand, "Philip, I really dream of escaping to a small island to live

out our days."

But his hand was roughly shaken off; their dreams were not aligned.

Phil yearned to gaze at the sky, to collect fallen leaves, to truly savor the world.

Philip, on the other hand, sought to dominate it.

Now destitute, lan and Maja had found their happy ending; even Cynthia had met a peaceful close.

Why not him?

He was determined to be the stone that shattered their tranquility.

He stared coldly at the man, a smirk playing on his lips, "You better not be lying to me."

"Wouldn't dare. After all, lan's on my hit list too."

The man bore such a striking resemblance to lan, it was apparent he had undergone surgery for that very purpose. His motives

were yet unclear.

Philip didn't care to delve deeper. The enemy of his enemy was his friend.

He stepped forward to join the man when he heard footsteps behind him; Phil had decided to follow.

"Why are you following me? Didn't you want to find sisland paradise?"

Phil had only one family member left in this world: Philip. If something happened to Philip, Phil's life would lose its meaning. But

were

I've given up on

flared at

puppet? A robot? Can't you think

into silence, standing still and

and

glanced at the man

wants to

Phil rarely

nothing as

silent while Philip

so much like lan.

knockoffs before,

like tools, devoid

his nails with a knife,

I'm nothing like the

a hunch about the

facility had collapsed,

the years, they had amassed a collection

the facility suggested he was either one of the

the full extent of Dr. Sarah's secrets,

his lips and sneered,

for the

In Greenfield.

bending over subconsciously as an

went to call a doctor but was

no use, I

painkillers were

water, but by the last, lan could barely

wetting the

"Has Maja returned?"

the university. She said she won't be

didn't want her to see

execution is set in stone and will be

death would his obsessive

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