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.

into his walkie-talkie, asking

she searched for any blind spots

in the distance, and

branches, her

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

cclose enough to take a careful

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

blood diluting in

herself

and his body

the lifeboat and rowed towards

swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan to

barely reached the hospital corridor when she passed

and she could hear Beck speaking

"So, has the island been thoroughly

covered it. The island was devastated by the

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

the island would have been reduced

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried

bring her back, but she won't leave the chamber. She faces

possibly someone

can't she leave the

electric shock. We need

he noticed

away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes

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

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