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.

her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the chopper pilots to

she searched

trees in the

among the branches, her heart felt as though it had been

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

to take a

above and then plunged into the water

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale

terribly as she steeled herself and yanked

and his

onto the lifeboat and rowed

landed, and a team rushed

reached the hospital corridor

had passed, and she could hear Beck speaking

has the island been

covered it. The island was devastated by the blast. The

Less than twenty locals survived. We also discovered a

would have been reduced

gone, why not just trigger the self-destruct instead of going

trouble of detonating bombs?

a woman inside. Several

bring her back, but she won't leave the

possibly

can't she

we're hit by an electric shock. We

he noticed

the informant away and turned

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

eyes and brow etched

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

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