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.

walkie-talkie,

she searched for

trees in the distance,

branches, her heart felt as though it had been

its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible

to take a careful

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

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly

steeled herself and yanked the object from

and

difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards

landed, and a team rushed lan to

the hospital corridor when she passed

and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere

was asking someone, "So, has the island been

by the blast. The explosives

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

reduced to

wanted the island gone, why

trouble of detonating bombs?

with a woman inside. Several groups tried to

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

blind, possibly

can't she leave

electric

he noticed Maja

informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow etched with

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

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