In her dream, Maja felt the warm clasp of a hand in hers.

Before hitting the hay last night, she'd planned to set an alarm, hoping to rise and shine early.

But before she knew it, she had clocked a solid five or six hours of shut-eye.

When she awoke, the hospital room was basked in sunlight.

lan’s hand was holding hers, and with the other, he was tapping away on a keyboard, seemingly replying to a message.

Maja was momentarily dazed at the sight of his face.

It wasn't until he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze that she snapped back to reality and heard him say, “You've got a full-body

check-up scheduled today. I'll be right here with you. You feeling hungry yet?”

“lan, you're up?”

He let go of her hand and reached for the disinfectant wipes on the nightstand, meticulously cleaning each of her fingers.

“I've been awake for a couple of hours now. You needed the extra Zs.”

The heaviness in her heart, weighed down by thoughts of Cynthia and Augus, made it hard for Maja to go back to sleep.

lan, fresh out of bed, had already gathered the latest intel and ruffled her hair in a comforting gesture.

Patric’s not going down that easy. I'm sure

pillow behind her back, helping

the pillow, her spirit lifted a

the situation with the research base had to be resolved

far, no one had turned up

the lid off Forbidden Island's existence, causing quite the stir in

base linked to Forbidden Island was clearly becoming a target for

and he stuck

soon as the tests were done, the dietician rolled

her meal

had worried them. They'd call every now and then, and hearing her voice

ease

Movie Group was thriving, with several of their movies snagging top awards. Wilma

the big time, while Shawn was the

Group meant the world to everyone, and since Maja’s departure, they'd all been eagerly

end of the call, Maja couldn't shake the feeling that Zoey's voice sounded off, a bit hoarse, as if

"Zoey, you feeling alright?”

Zoey replied, “No worries, Mr. Pennyfeather. I'm good, and the company’s in great

forward to

up, Maja couldn’t shake her concern and decided to give

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