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.

her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie,

the area with her binoculars, she searched for any

cluster of trees in

person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as

the leaves

someone cclose enough to

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

in the seawater,

ached terribly as she steeled herself and yanked the

unconscious and his body was

the lifeboat and rowed towards

and a

had barely reached the hospital corridor when she passed

had passed, and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere

was asking someone, "So, has the

devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there long

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

the island would have been reduced to

If someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct

trouble of detonating bombs?

chamber with a woman inside.

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

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone

can't she leave

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

respond, he noticed Maja waking

informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and

worn out, especially since receiving lan's emergency signal

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