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.

had already taken off in private jets toward Marka, the urgency crackling

as they landed in the foreign kingdom,

on the ground, reality hit

Marka was lawless.

Too lawless.

too wide for someone

no idea

names, no addresses, no

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

assistant stood in the middle of the airstrip, drenched in

burned with the shame

were so close, just one step behind, but it

earlier echoed in his

option.”

had reached the outskirts of the small

they were short on a few

them

they decided to

the sun comes up,” Abuchi said, glancing at

will open

He stepped out of the taxi and thanked

looked curious about them but

handed him the money for the long drive, and the driver smiled

people, eh?” he chuckled, clearly amused by the odd bunch who had called a taxi

“No problem.

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

quiet, dimly lit by the few

breeze

her arms around herself and

find a hotel,”

necessary,”

be a waste

looked toward the east, where the sky

just a few more hours till

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

“They’ll be searching everywhere.

Hotels, stations, checkpoints.

seen or logged.”

hotel now is too risky.” Nnenna nodded in

to stay

of an unfamiliar kingdom, they found a quiet corner behind an

and tense,

building, her fingers tracing

was headed her

second, she