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 area with her binoculars, she

cluster of trees in the distance, and

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

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

cclose enough to

then plunged into the water with a splash, determined to

caught on something, blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

she steeled herself and yanked

was unconscious and his body was

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

a team rushed

had barely reached the hospital corridor when

passed, and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere close

was asking someone, "So, has the island

was devastated by the blast. The

wipe out everyone. Less than twenty locals survived. We

island would have been reduced to ruins

the island gone, why

trouble of detonating bombs?

Sanders, we also found a peculiar underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried

she won't

possibly

she

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

respond, he

the informant away and turned

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

approached her, his eyes and brow etched

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

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