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,

the area with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that

a cluster of trees in the

she finally saw the person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt

lay on the central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the air and the

cclose enough to

then plunged into the water with a

on something, blood diluting in the seawater, the

as she steeled herself

and his

the lifeboat and rowed towards

the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

barely reached the hospital corridor when

two days had passed, and she could

has the

the blast. The

everyone. Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a

been reduced to ruins and

raised an eyebrow. If 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 tried to approach her during

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

blind, possibly

she leave the

an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints to unravel its

respond, he noticed Maja waking

waved the informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow

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

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