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.

couldn't stop her, so he simply spoke into his walkie-talkie, asking the

scanned the area with her binoculars, she searched for any blind spots that others might have

of trees in the distance, and without hesitation, she rowed

the branches, her heart felt as though it

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

enough to take a

and then plunged into

diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly pale from

terribly as she steeled herself and yanked

and

Maja dragged him onto the lifeboat and rowed towards the larger

aboard, the helicopter swiftly landed, and a

barely reached the hospital

and she could hear Beck speaking somewhere close

someone, "So, has

The island was devastated by the

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

reduced to

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

trouble of detonating bombs?

also found a peculiar underground chamber with a

We wanted to bring her back, but she won't leave the chamber. She faces the wall, her

possibly

can't she leave the

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

respond, he noticed

informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow etched

was worn out, especially since receiving lan's emergency

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