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.

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

across the jet windows as they landed in the foreign kingdom, storm clouds still heavy

once on the ground,

Marka was lawless.

Too lawless.

wide for someone with no

had no idea where

no

place that didn’t care who you were, even if

assistant stood in the middle of the airstrip, drenched

chest burned with the shame of

behind, but it might

voice from earlier echoed in his

is not an option.” And

On the other side of Marka, the group had reached the outskirts of

they were short on a few supplies they would definitely need for the

them wasn’t an

they decided

the sun comes up,” Abuchi said, glancing

shops will open

He stepped out of the taxi and thanked

about them but didn’t ask

him the money for the long drive,

chuckled, clearly amused by the odd bunch who had called

“No problem.

He drove off, his taillights disappearing into the dark horizon, still grinning at the

dimly lit by the few flickering streetlamps and the faint glow of the distant

chilly breeze swept

her arms around

hotel,” she said, her voice

necessary,” Ekene

a waste of

so early could expose us.” He looked toward the east, where the

a few more hours till

realize we’re in

“They’ll be searching everywhere.

Hotels, stations, checkpoints.

logged.” “He’s right,” John said

hotel now is too risky.” Nnenna nodded in

to stay hidden

so, in the shadows of an unfamiliar kingdom, they found a quiet

long, cold, and tense,

concrete wall of the building, her fingers tracing small circles on her dress as she

was headed

a second, she almost