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.

simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to

she searched for any blind spots that others

cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation,

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

its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the air and the

cclose enough to

plunged into the water with a splash, determined

arm was caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater,

terribly as she steeled herself and yanked the object

and his body was

onto the lifeboat and

landed, and a team

reached the hospital corridor when she

two days had passed, and she could hear Beck

was asking someone, "So, has the island

covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there

Less than twenty locals survived. We

would have been reduced to

someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct instead of going

trouble of detonating bombs?

a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups

were stopped. We wanted to bring her back, but she won't leave the chamber. She

blind, possibly someone

she leave

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

respond, he noticed

waved the informant away and turned

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes

was worn out, especially since receiving lan's emergency

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