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

scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that others

landed on a cluster of trees in the

her heart felt as though it had been torn

central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating

cclose enough to take

then plunged into the

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

steeled herself and

was unconscious and

the lifeboat and rowed

and a team rushed lan to

barely reached the hospital corridor when

had passed, and she could

asking someone, "So, has the island been

days, we've covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there long ago, likely by

survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism

been reduced to ruins

wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct instead of

trouble of detonating bombs?

we also found a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried

wanted to bring her back, but she

bandages—probably blind, possibly

she leave

get near the only door, we're hit by an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints

respond, he noticed Maja

informant away

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow etched with

lan's emergency signal from

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