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, asking the chopper pilots

with her binoculars, she searched

cluster of trees in the

sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as though

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

to take a

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

diluting in

as she steeled herself and yanked the object from his

and his

great difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat

a team rushed lan to a major

the hospital corridor when she

and she could hear Beck speaking

has

island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were

Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a self-destruct

have been reduced to ruins

someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger

trouble of detonating bombs?

peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside.

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

blind, possibly

she leave the

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

he noticed Maja waking

waved the informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes and

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

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