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.

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

area with her binoculars, she searched for any

cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation,

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

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

to take a careful

into the water with a splash,

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

steeled herself and yanked the

unconscious and his body was

great difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and

helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

reached the hospital corridor when she passed

had passed, and

was asking someone, "So, has the island

the blast. The explosives were buried there long ago,

locals survived. We also discovered

reduced to ruins and sunk silently into the

someone wanted the island gone, why not just

trouble of detonating bombs?

underground chamber with a woman inside. Several

but she

possibly

can't she

near the only door, we're hit by an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints to unravel its

could respond, he noticed

the informant away

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow

lan's emergency signal from the

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