Then, in the middle of the night, four guards had dragged me out to a boat.
Months ago, I’d been locked up in Castle Saklas, on a cliff off the coast of Albia. There was no way I could climb out of here-no crevices to stick my fingers into, no footholds to help me escape. Beneath the window of my luxurious prison suite in the Iron Fortress, three stories of sleek black rock gleamed in the moonlight. Sighing, I stared down at the curving moat far below, its surface dark and murky.
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Alice stood above me, flanked by a line of the Free Men.Īs soon as I came up for air, they’d drag me out. From under the water, I caught a glimpse of pale blond hair over a black shirt. Shockingly, I was still alive.īut as I swam higher, dread unfurled in my chest. I could make it if I blocked out the pain in my body. Desperate, I tried to kick my shattered legs.Ĭould I drag myself, fingers clawing in the dirt, from the moat before I drowned? No matter what had happened in the past, I’d always found a way out.Īt last, I realized silver rays of light were piercing the surface. I couldn’t breathe, and my throat was starting to spasm. Just as soon as I could figure out up from down, as soon as I could command my broken limbs to move again. I was still alive, and that meant I could still find a way out of this. Streaks of crimson mingled with the dark water.
I wanted to pull the cursed thing off, but that was a waste of energy. Under the surface of the water, my ring glinted-a bright spark in the murk. Dark water enveloped me, claiming me.Ī flash of gold gleamed in the dark. I thought I needed to swim to the surface, but my body was too broken to move properly. Agony sank into my brain like thorns, robbing me of coherent thought. Sharp cracks shot through my legs, my spine. Panic bloomed in my mind-the fear of things unfinished and questions unanswered.Īt last, I slammed down hard into the murky moat, my back arching with the pain, bones breaking with the force of the fall. My engagement ring glinted in the night, a little sliver of sunlight in the darkness.Īs I fell closer to the moat, the certainty of death pierced me like a blade. The drop seemed eternal, all sense of fear dulled under cotton wool. This was what it meant to fall: it meant losing your reason for existing.
We were supposed to be married tomorrow, but she was gone now. Blood streamed from the cuts, from the gash in my side. Time stretched out, and I dropped in slow motion. Under the night sky, I plummeted through the air. Could Ishak be next on the list, or is he the man responsible? Tracking down his more ‘unsavoury’ allies, Serena is shocked to encounter a familiar face: that of her grieving ex-partner, former Malaysian ICD officer Megat Jamil (Bront Palarae).Glass had sliced through my skin. As Serena and Heri work together to catch the killer, their inquiries lead them to industrialist/kingpin Datuk Ishak Hassan (Wan Hanafi Su), whose prominent family and known associates all have some connection to the victims. Seeking answers, Heri finds a way to insert himself into the Malaysian investigation. Meanwhile, in Jakarta, for ICD Lieutenant Heriyanto Salim (Ario Bayu), the case turns personal when his brother is found murdered in similar circumstances. Called in to investigate, Singaporean International Crimes Division (ICD) officer Serena Teo (Rebecca Lim) takes charge of a case across the border where a family has been slaughtered aboard a luxury yacht in Johor.
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A series of brutal murders, each sharing a signature MO, takes place across Malaysia and Indonesia.