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Chapter 263 Destroying Her Tracker

Time dragged its feet and flew all at once, thick with a tension that chung like fog-an uneasy anticipation that

refused to lift.

While they were still at sea, Brendan made a call to Kristian, instructing him to head somewhere discreet

where someone would guide him to Freya

Freya, of course, had no clue this call had even taken place.

She stayed aboard the ship, and when she tried to wander and explore, Brendan swiftly shut her down

Over an hour passed before they were just five minutes out from Butterfly Island, and that was when Brendan had someone blindfold both Freya and Ashley.

The vessel crept slowly toward the island, its hull slicing through the water like a whisper.

Had Freya been able to see, she would have caught sight of massive towers cutting off all signals and armed men in black standing guard across the island, sealing it off like a fortress.

But she didn't. She was blind to it all.

She had no inkling that what lay ahead was far worse than anything she could have imagined-nor that Brendan had finally lost all grasp on reality.

When the ship finally docked at Butterfly Island, Freya and Ashley were led away, while the rest of the passengers gradually began to disembark.

In the end, only Natasha and Brendan remained on board.

Brendan stood on the deck, eyes fixed on a distant yacht, and said to Natasha, "Whatever happens here, don't

come back."

Natasha stared at him. She'd never seen him like this before. "What are you planning to do?"

"To settle things with Kristian once and for all. His lips curled into a strange smile. "For your own safety, stay away. I might not be able to hold back this time."

Natasha's brow furrowed in quiet concern.

Brendan motioned toward the yacht, silently urging her to go.

She didn't argue. She grabbed her laptop and paused at the edge of the ship. "And if Kristian doesn't love Freya anymore, then what?"

"I'll kidnap his entire family," Brendan answered coolly, his tone detached though his expression remained eerily calm. "One by one, I'll make him watch them die right in front of him."

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regretted not

too tame too dull. He

divorce

signed.

been

Natasha said

low laugh.

leaving." She didn't bother responding to that. With

a

climbed onto the yacht.

wrong. They were both out of

like him. Her wild streak had been softened

walk away from

Freya faced

The time on Butterfly Island was exactly

the ship, blindfolded, she'd been committing every

memory.

wind brushing her cheeks and the

to a cliff.

guards led both Freya

cliff-before

her vision cleared, Freya's eyes darted

nearby, and she quickly scanned her

then did it

entire island was crawling with

chilling thought seized

friends must

the island that even if her friends showed up,

hundreds of armed guards without being noticed. And knowing Brendan-how he snapped at the slightest loss-if he so much as saw one man go

Ellis had once given her. Without hesitation, she popped it into her

no crushing it by hand, no smashing it on the rocks-it was

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would only

was the

Ellis's end, he was in a car beside a friend-one clad

of reviewing

his watch-the one marking Freya's tracker-had vanished → → Immediately,

what it meant. Everyone else's signals had vanished when they entered a zone with jammers, but Mina's was supposed to be advanced. It

Ellis ordered

captain, and staying calm was

"Why?" they asked in

trouble on Butterfly Island. Without equipment, it's too risky. Wait in Alerith." Ellis' voice was calm, but his last words

Freya wasn't reckless.

unless she believed the danger was far worse than

Without the signal, how could