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 to keep an eye

she searched for

landed on a cluster of trees in the

branches, her heart felt

by its girth and the leaves floating around,

enough to take

helicopter above and then plunged into the water

caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater, the

terribly as she steeled herself

unconscious and his body

the lifeboat and rowed towards

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

hospital

cto, two days had passed, and

"So, has the island been thoroughly

it. The island was devastated by the blast. The

than twenty locals survived. We

would have been reduced to ruins

why

trouble of detonating bombs?

a woman

wanted to bring her back, but she won't

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone of

she leave

hit by an electric

respond, he noticed Maja

away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes

emergency signal from the island. Beck had felt

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