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.

his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an eye on

binoculars, she searched for any

in the distance, and without hesitation, she

branches, her heart felt as though it had

lay on the central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making

cclose enough to

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly

heart ached terribly as she steeled herself

unconscious and his

him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the larger

landed, and a team rushed lan to a major

hospital

two days had passed, and she

has

covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there long ago,

to wipe out everyone. Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in

activated, the island would have been reduced

gone, why not

trouble of detonating bombs?

peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to approach

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

blind, possibly

she leave

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

Beck could respond, he noticed Maja

away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes

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

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