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.

that easy. I'm sure

a pillow behind her back,

against the pillow, her

that the situation with the research base had to be resolved pronto. The eyes of the world

so far, no one had turned up any

blown the lid off Forbidden Island's existence, causing quite

Forbidden Island was clearly becoming

booked her check-up, and he stuck by her side through each

as the tests were done, the dietician rolled in

indeed growling, and she was halfway through her meal when Zoey and Carol both rang, checking in on

while on Forbidden Island had worried them. They'd call every now and then,

to ease

Group was thriving, with

big time, while Shawn was the epitof

the world to everyone, and since Maja’s departure, they'd all

shake the feeling that Zoey's voice sounded off, a bit hoarse, as

"Zoey, you feeling alright?”

“No worries, Mr.

forward to having

up, Maja couldn’t shake her concern and decided

burning the midnight oil at the office. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt

genuinely surprised to hear from Maja, and when she asked about Zoey, he fell silent for

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