Maja's heart skipped a beat as she sat motionless on the wooden bench of the boat, her eyes staring blankly into the distance.

When Beck boarded the vessel, the first thing he noticed was her faraway gaze.

He immediately walked over and gave her shoulder a gentle pat.

"The sea's chilly, and dawn's breaking soon. You should change out of those wet clothes," he said with a touch of concern.

Maja almost shook her head in refusal, but the first light of dawn was already spreading across the horizon, followed by a shout

that jolted everyone to attention.

"Over here!"

She quickly stood up and made her way towards the commotion.

It wasn't so much that they had found lan, but rather his jacket, aimlessly drifting on the water's surface.

From her vantage point, Maja could see the island's sky, where smoke slowly ascended, hinting at the horrific battle that had raged

the night before.

She withdrew her gaze, ready to plunge into the sea, but Beck stopped her.

"There are plenty of people searching down there. If lan's in the water, he'll be found."

Without a word, Maja grabbed a pair of binoculars and began scouring the sea.

Helicopters buzzed overhead as part of the massive search effort. With such a large-scale operation, even if lan had drifted far, he

should have been found by now.

Maja's brow furrowed as she peered into the deep, vast ocean. Could he have sunk to the bottom?

Ignoring Beck's protests, she insisted on launching a lifeboat to search for lan herself.

he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking

binoculars, she searched for

of trees in the distance, and without hesitation,

the person sprawled among the branches, her

lay on the central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves

to take

above and then plunged into the

on something, blood diluting in the

herself and yanked the

unconscious and his body

difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the

landed, and a team rushed lan to a

the hospital corridor when she passed

passed, and she could hear Beck

"So, has the

was devastated by the blast. The explosives

locals survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism

would have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently into

wanted the island gone, why not just trigger

trouble of detonating bombs?

peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several

but were stopped. We wanted to bring her back, but she won't

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone of

can't she

only door, we're hit by an electric shock. We need the chamber's

he

informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and

especially since receiving lan's emergency signal from the island. Beck had

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