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.

down that easy. I'm sure we'll have a lead

pillow behind her back, helping her to

her spirit lifted

that the situation with the research base had to be resolved

so far, no one had turned up any

the lid off Forbidden Island's existence, causing quite

linked to Forbidden Island was clearly becoming a target

booked her check-up, and he stuck

soon as the tests were done,

was indeed growling, and she was halfway through her meal when Zoey

of touch while on Forbidden Island had worried them.

to ease their

thriving, with several of their movies

time, while Shawn was

the world to everyone, and since

end of the call, Maja couldn't shake the feeling that Zoey's voice sounded off,

"Zoey, you feeling alright?”

pause before Zoey replied, “No worries, Mr. Pennyfeather.

forward to having

concern and decided

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to hear from Maja, and when she asked about Zoey, he fell silent for a rare

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