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.

stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the

binoculars, she searched for

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

her heart felt as though it had been torn to

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

cclose enough to take

into the water with a splash, determined

was caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

she steeled herself

unconscious and his

dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a

hospital corridor when she passed

passed, and

"So, has the

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

to wipe out everyone. Less than twenty locals survived. We also

the island would have been reduced to

raised an eyebrow. If someone wanted the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct instead of going through

trouble of detonating bombs?

chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to

We wanted to bring her back, but she won't leave the chamber. She faces the wall, her eyes

possibly someone of

can't she leave the

an electric

he noticed Maja waking

informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes and brow etched with

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

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