Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Chapter 1888

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If this dire situation continued without replenishing their dwindling food

supply, the entire army faced certain doom.

“Land in sight!” The cry echoed across the deck.

“Land in sight!” The joyful announcement rippled through the ranks like a

beacon of hope.

Amid this surge of optimism, a subordinate burst forth with a crucial update,

his voice tinged with urgency, “Commander, we’ve spotted land! Please give

the order to dock and resupply our provisions!”

“Excellent!” Emmanuel’s face lit up with relief and determination.

He immediately commanded the crew to anchor, their hearts swelling with

renewed hope. As they docked, a tense realization dawned upon them: the

island they had arrived at was a contentious territory, disputed between

Chanaea and a neighboring nation. Should the island still be under the

Chapter 1888 The Return to Freedom

control of the neighboring country, the arrival of Chanaea’s forces might

provoke its inhabitants, leading to potential hostility and even violent

expulsion.

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Emmanuel approached the locals with diplomatic intent, but his efforts were

met with cold resistance. With no viable alternative, he issued a decisive

order. Three thousand elite warriors from Dark Night Island swiftly descended

upon the island, their presence imposing and their actions resolute. The

anti–Dragon forces were overwhelmed, subdued, and forced to kneel in

submission.

The island’s residents were astonished by the Chanaea forces‘ formidable

strength. Three thousand warriors were more than sufficient; even three

hundred would have been more than enough to overpower the island’s

entire armed contingent.

“Listen up!” Emmanuel’s voice rang out with authoritative clarity. “This island

you know what’s good for you,

you again every time we

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return to his homeland, where his wife awaited

had no time to waste with these disputes.

significant international conflict, his focus solely

returning home swiftly.

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three days of managing the situation and “borrowing

once more,

What would have been a mere

month at sea before they finally approached

hore.

at the port,

shared ordeal.

freedom alongside you. I am

last, we have

soldiers shouted in unison, their voices a

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they had felt upon leaving Dark Night Island

emotion. The harsh realities of their past seemed

of their

by the contrast between their

and the boundless possibilities

cast away, did

past sufferings and the extent to

to the vastness of the world,

of life itself forever

as he continued, “Next, I will

If any of you, my brothers,

home or wish to join me, I will take responsibility for

you desire to return

do so. I shall

in the air, a

everyone, their faces reflecting the turmoil within their

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Quell, the indomitable brother and

They clasped their hands toward Emmanuel in a gesture

we

our paths, but if fortune

visit you and your wife

a note of finality. “Let

her

our steps until we meet

them but instead watched with a

Xarri and Quell departed. Soon after, many others

their path.