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.

walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an eye

Maja rowed and scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that others might

cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation,

her heart felt as though it had been torn

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

enough to

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

something, blood diluting in

heart ached terribly as she steeled herself and yanked

unconscious and his

difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the

a team rushed lan

had barely reached the hospital

cto, two days had passed, and she

"So, has the

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

locals survived. We also discovered a self-destruct

would have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently into the

the island gone, why

trouble of detonating bombs?

a

wanted to bring her back, but she won't leave the

bandages—probably blind, possibly

can't she leave the

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

respond, he noticed Maja

waved the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes and brow

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

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