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.

couldn't stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots

Maja rowed and scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any

on a cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation,

person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt as though it had

and the leaves floating

enough to

and then plunged into the water with a splash, determined

blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from being

she steeled herself and yanked the

was unconscious and

great difficulty, Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards

the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

hospital

had passed, and she

asking someone, "So, has the

covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The explosives were buried there long ago,

out everyone. Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a

activated, the island would have been reduced to ruins and

why not

trouble of detonating bombs?

peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried

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

blind, possibly

she leave the

hit by an electric shock. We need the chamber's blueprints to

could respond, he

the informant away and turned

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

approached her, his eyes and brow etched with

since receiving lan's emergency signal from the island. Beck had felt overwhelmed

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