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.

he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to keep an eye on

scanned the area with her binoculars, she

gaze landed on a cluster of trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she rowed towards

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

girth and the leaves floating around, making him invisible from

to

to the helicopter above and then plunged into the water with

in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale

as she steeled herself and yanked

unconscious and his body was

him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the

helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan

hospital corridor when she

had passed, and she could

has the island been thoroughly

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

locals survived. We also

been reduced

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

with a woman

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

blind, possibly someone

she leave the

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

he

informant away and turned to

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

his eyes

emergency

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