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 to keep an eye on her

she searched for

in the distance, and without

she finally saw the person sprawled among the branches, her heart

by its girth and the leaves floating

to take a careful

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

was caught on something, blood diluting in

terribly as she steeled herself

was unconscious and his body

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

a team rushed

had barely reached the hospital corridor when she

she cto, two days had passed, and she could hear Beck speaking

someone, "So, has the

two days, we've covered it. The island was devastated by the blast.

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

activated, the island would have been reduced to ruins and sunk silently into the

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

chamber with a

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

blind, possibly someone of

can't she leave the

by an electric shock. We need

Beck could respond, he noticed

the informant away

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes and brow etched

out, especially since receiving lan's emergency signal from the island. Beck

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