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.

private jets toward Marka, the urgency crackling through

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

on the ground,

Marka was lawless.

Too lawless.

too wide for someone with

idea

names, no addresses,

was like searching for ghosts in a place that didn’t care who you were, even if you were

of the airstrip,

burned with the shame

one step behind, but it might as

from earlier echoed in his head like

option.”

the outskirts

the plan, but they were short on a few supplies

them

they decided

sun comes up,” Abuchi said, glancing

shops will open

out of the taxi

looked curious about them but didn’t ask

for the long drive, and

people, eh?” he chuckled, clearly amused by the

“No problem.

safe!” He drove off, his taillights disappearing into the dark horizon, still grinning

area around them was quiet, dimly lit by the few flickering

chilly breeze swept

her arms around herself

have to find a hotel,” she

necessary,” Ekene

a

could expose us.” He looked toward the east, where the sky was still dark but already showing the faintest

a few

can wait it out.” “By now, they’ll realize we’re

“They’ll be searching everywhere.

Hotels, stations, checkpoints.

could be seen or logged.” “He’s right,” John said

too risky.” Nnenna nodded

to stay hidden till

unfamiliar kingdom, they found a quiet corner behind an abandoned building and

long, cold, and tense, but it was safer

her fingers tracing small circles

was headed her

a second, she