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.

stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper

and scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any

landed on a cluster of trees in the distance,

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

the leaves floating around, making

to take

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

was caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater,

heart ached terribly as she steeled herself and

was unconscious and

Maja dragged him onto the

the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan to a

barely reached the hospital

days had passed, and she could hear

asking someone, "So, has the

the blast. The explosives were buried there

than twenty locals survived.

been reduced to ruins and sunk silently into

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

a woman inside. Several groups

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

blind, possibly

can't she leave the

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

Beck could respond, he

waved the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow etched

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

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