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.

couldn't stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep

the area with her binoculars, she searched for any

a cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she rowed towards

person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as though it had been torn to

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

enough to take a careful

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

something, blood diluting in the seawater, the

she steeled herself and yanked the object

unconscious and his

great difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the

and a team rushed lan to

hospital

two days had passed, and she could hear Beck

someone, "So, has the island

was devastated by the blast. The explosives were

than twenty locals survived. We also discovered

the island would have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently

If someone wanted the island gone, why not just

trouble of detonating bombs?

a peculiar underground chamber with a

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

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone

she

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

respond, he

waved the informant away

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

approached her, his eyes and

lan's emergency signal

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