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

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

It was something planted 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.

"Dylan, remember when Abner's guys blew up Summer's place? Didn't they find a seal? Get in touch with Abner and ask him to

send it over."

Dylan 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 had cinto his possession in Cania. Amidst the chaos at a research

base, he had sent his men to help the Sanders family look for lan.

They never found lan, 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."

much attention until the

like that for her. Back then, when times were tight and other kids flaunted their toys, Maja felt

mother, not

secretly crafted these toys from wood, each one exquisitely

Maja yearn to see Lillian - the woman

you still have those wooden

a betrayal, and that whimsical fellow was among them. He's been

every day. If you want them, I can get him

would like that,

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

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

leaping out.

the bamboo dragonfly, her eyelashes quivered because Cynthia had once made her

among the kids, but

higher than any other - a fact that never allowed

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

BK organization, but the sight of these two objects gave her a strong hunch

left for Cynthia

no evidence, but her intuition was

8 cover and take these three items. Once Sarah leaves that

control, she should cto her senses

to protect her daughter, and these

by her mother - and most likely created by others within the organization

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