They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 289: Dying on His Lips Chapter 289: Dying on His Lips The taxi cruised steadily along the wet roads, carrying the group toward Truns.

The border wasn’t far, Marka was a small kingdom, easy to pass through if you knew what you were doing.

They kept their heads down, the weight of what they had just gone through slowly settling in.

But they were moving.

That was all that mattered now.

Back at Ruby Airport, chaos had already begun to unravel.

The assistant stood in the center of the terminal, his phone clutched tightly in his hand, eyes wide with disbelief.

The third prince and second princess were gone.

Just… gone.

He had gone over the plane twice.

Every seat.

Every possible hiding place.

But there was no sign of them.

They had been tricked.

“Impossible,” he muttered under his breath, pacing as he redialed Interim King Obinna’s number for the third time.

The call connected.

“Well?” came Obinna’s voice, sharp and impatient.

“They’re not here,” the assistant said through gritted teeth, trying to stay calm.

“They weren’t on the flight.

We confirmed, their seats are empty.

They vanished.” There was a pause.

A dangerous pause.

“You’re telling me,” Obinna said slowly, “that my siblings disappeared into thin air, on your watch?” The assistant flinched.

“The flight made an emergency stop at Marka,” he explained quickly.

“We think that’s where they slipped away.” Obinna didn’t respond.

The silence said everything.

hour, Obinna’s team had already taken off in private jets toward Marka, the urgency crackling through the air like

across the jet windows as they landed in the foreign

the ground,

Marka was lawless.

Too lawless.

too wide for

no idea

names, no addresses, no

searching for ghosts in a place that didn’t

middle of the airstrip, drenched in

chest burned with the

were so close, just one step behind, but it might as well

earlier echoed in his

not an option.” And yet, here they

other side of Marka, the group had reached the outskirts of the small kingdom, but they couldn’t leave

stop wasn’t part of the plan, but they were short on a few supplies they would definitely need for the

them

they decided

move when the sun comes up,” Abuchi said, glancing

shops will

what we need.” He stepped out of the taxi

man looked curious about them

him the money for the long drive, and the

clearly amused by the odd bunch who had

“No problem.

taillights disappearing into the dark horizon, still grinning at the amount of

the few flickering streetlamps and the

breeze swept

arms around herself and looked

find a hotel,” she said, her voice

not necessary,” Ekene replied

be a waste of

looked toward the east, where

few

out.” “By now, they’ll realize we’re in Marka,” Abuchi added, his voice calm but

“They’ll be searching everywhere.

Hotels, stations, checkpoints.

or logged.” “He’s right,” John

too risky.”

to

kingdom, they found a quiet corner behind

was long, cold, and tense, but

level concrete wall of the building, her fingers tracing small circles

headed

a second, she almost