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.

walkie-talkie,

area with her binoculars, she searched

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

her heart felt as though

lay on the central tree, obscured by its girth and the

enough to take a

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

blood diluting in the seawater, the wound sickeningly

ached terribly as she steeled herself and yanked the object

unconscious and

the lifeboat and

the helicopter swiftly landed, and a team rushed lan to

reached the hospital corridor when

she cto, two days had passed, and she

has

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

everyone. Less than twenty locals survived.

island would have been reduced to ruins and sunk

someone wanted the island gone, why not

trouble of detonating bombs?

underground chamber with a woman inside. Several groups tried to approach her

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

possibly

can't she leave the

we're hit by an electric shock. We

could respond, he

informant away and

"Maja, you're awake."

"How's lan?"

"He's still under observation."

her, his eyes and brow etched with

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

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