Chapter 1776


    Maja was enveloped in the warmth of these two men’s constion when it hit her - the crucial piece


    of the puzzle.


    She blinked, and stood up abruptly, "The seal, the jellyfish seal!"


    It was something nted by Cynthia, back when she was still known as Lillian, and she had


    instructed Maja that should she ever face danger, she could use it.


    And danger was exactly what loomed now.


    "Dn, remember when Abner''s guys blew up Summer''s ce? Didn''t they find a seal? Get in


    touch with Abner and ask him to send it over."


    Dn didn''t waste a second and called Abner, who was nearby in Greenfield and promptly


    delivered the item himself.


    It wasn''t something he''d acquired in North America but hade into his possession in Cania.


    Amidst the chaos at a research base, he had sent his men to help the Sanders family look for Ian.


    They never found Ian, but they stumbled upon this peculiarly shaped seal. His men brought it back,


    and now that Maja wanted it, he had no desire to keep it.


    He sat on the couch, his tone heavy with gravity, "Speaking of which, when Walter''s people were


    with me, one of them, a bit of a prankster, found a couple of wooden dolls, names carved into them.


    Those trinkets were picked up on the way to Summer''s bombing - no clue who dropped them, but


    they sure looked interesting."


    Wooden dolls? Maja hadn''t been paying much attention until the mention of their unusual shapes


    made her eyes red.


    Lillian used to make things like that for her. Back then, when times were tight and other kids


    unted their toys, Maja felt envious but knew better than to ask her mother, not wanting to add to


    her burdens.


    And yet, unbeknownst to her, Lillian had secretly crafted these toys from wood, each one exquisitely


    made.


    It was these small, tender gestures that made Maja yearn to see Lillian - the woman who had


    showered her with love.


    "Do you still have those wooden toys?"


    "Yeah, I had to borrow some guys from Walter after a betrayal, and that whimsical fellow was


    among them. He''s been obsessed with those little dolls, showing them off every day. If you want


    them, I can get him over here right now."


    "Please, I would like that, Abner."


    Abner immediately made a call. Soon enough, a baby-faced man arrived, clutching two intricately


    carved wooden toys.


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    One was a bamboo dragonfly; the other, a small wooden contraption that, upon being opened,


    revealed a carved wooden insect leaping out.


    When Maja saw the bamboo dragonfly, her eyshes quivered because Cynthia had once made


    her an identical one.


    Back in the day, bamboo dragonflies were all the rage among the kids, but while theirs were store-


    bought, hers was handcrafted by Lillian, soaring higher than any other - a fact that never allowed


    her to feel inferior.


    They were found near Summer''s ce, a location rumored to house a couple of other elders within


    the organization.


    Maja was not privy to the inner workings of the BK organization, but the sight of these two objects


    gave her a strong hunch - they were left for Cynthia by someone.


    She had no evidence, but her intuition was powerful.


    "Nana, have Number 8e over and take these three items. Once Sarah leaves that house, hand


    them to her. If she''s really under someone''s control, she shoulde to her senses quickly."


    The jellyfish seal symbolized Lillian''s resolve to protect her daughter, and these wooden toys,


    something simr that had once been made by her mother - and most likely created by others within


    the organization - were a legacy of love.