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.

simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper

her binoculars, she searched

landed on a cluster of trees in

among the branches, her heart felt as though

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

someone cclose enough to take

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to bring

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

she steeled herself and yanked the object from his

and his

Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and

a team

reached the hospital corridor when she

passed, and she could hear

was asking someone, "So, has the island been

the blast. The explosives were buried there long

survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in a hidden

have been reduced to

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

a

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

possibly someone

she leave the

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

could respond, he noticed Maja

the informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

approached her, his eyes and brow etched

worn out, especially since receiving lan's emergency signal

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