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.

so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots

binoculars, she searched

a cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she rowed towards

the branches, her heart felt as though it

its girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from the air

cclose enough to take a

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to bring

blood diluting in the seawater, the

steeled herself

was unconscious and his

difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and

helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

barely reached the hospital corridor

she cto, two days had passed, and she

has the island been thoroughly

we've covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried

survived. We also discovered a self-destruct mechanism in

have been reduced to ruins and

an eyebrow. If someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger

trouble of detonating bombs?

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

she won't leave the chamber. She

bandages—probably blind, possibly someone

she leave the

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

respond, he noticed Maja

the informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow etched

lan's emergency signal from the island. Beck

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