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 chopper

her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that

cluster of trees in the distance, and without

person sprawled among the branches, her heart felt

lay on the central tree, obscured by its girth and the leaves floating around, making

enough to take a

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

was caught on something, blood diluting in the

ached terribly as she steeled herself and yanked the

and his

the lifeboat and rowed towards the larger

landed, and a team rushed lan to a

the hospital corridor

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

someone, "So, has the island been

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

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

activated, the island would have been reduced

wanted the island gone, why not

trouble of detonating bombs?

also found a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to approach

she won't leave the chamber. She faces the wall, her eyes

possibly someone of

she leave

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

could respond, he noticed Maja

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

emergency signal from the island. Beck had felt

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