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."

until the mention of their unusual

when times were tight and other kids flaunted

ask her mother,

unbeknownst to her, Lillian had secretly crafted these toys

small, tender gestures that made Maja yearn to see Lillian - the

still have those wooden

to borrow sguys from Walter after a betrayal, and that whimsical fellow was

those little dolls, showing them off every day. If you want them, I can get him over here right

I would

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

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

leaping out.

eyelashes quivered because

bamboo dragonflies were all the rage among the kids, but while theirs were

any other - a fact

to house

privy to the inner workings of the BK organization, but the sight of these two objects gave her a

for

but her intuition

Number 8 cover and take these three items. Once Sarah leaves that house, hand them to her. If

should cto her

her daughter, and these wooden

- and most likely created by others within the organization - were a legacy

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