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.

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her back,

pillow, her spirit

both understood that the situation with the research base had to be resolved

no one had turned up any useful

the lid off Forbidden Island's existence, causing

to Forbidden Island was clearly becoming a target for

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

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through her meal when

had worried them. They'd

to ease

thriving, with several

time, while Shawn was

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

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

"Zoey, you feeling alright?”

Zoey replied, “No worries, Mr. Pennyfeather. I'm good, and the

to having

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

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

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