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.

walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots

with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots

trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she

sprawled among the branches, her heart felt

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

someone cclose enough to take a careful

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined

caught on something, blood diluting in the

heart ached terribly as she steeled herself and yanked the

unconscious and

dragged him onto the

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team

barely reached the hospital corridor when she

days had passed, and she could hear Beck

"So, has the

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

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

have been reduced to ruins and

the island gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct

trouble of detonating bombs?

a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several

to bring her back, but she won't leave

possibly

can't she

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

Beck could respond, he noticed Maja

the informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

approached her, his eyes

out, especially since receiving lan's emergency

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