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.

into his walkie-talkie,

scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any

in the distance, and

saw the person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as

tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the

cclose enough to

the helicopter above and then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to

something, blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale

steeled herself and yanked the

was unconscious and his body was

onto the

a team rushed lan

barely reached the hospital

days had passed, and she could hear Beck

"So, has the island been

two days, we've covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried

than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a

activated, the island would have been reduced to ruins and

raised an eyebrow. If someone wanted the island gone, why not just

trouble of detonating bombs?

found a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to approach her during

but she won't leave the chamber. She faces the wall, her eyes wrapped

possibly someone

she

we're hit by an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints to unravel its

Beck could respond, he noticed Maja

waved the informant away

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow etched with

since receiving lan's emergency signal from the island.

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