Zuko was about to reveal the truth when a knock on the door interrupted them. The butler entered with Jesse and Melissa, wearing a smile as he explained, “Mr. and Mrs. Jenner got lost in the garden. We guided them to the guest room, but they insisted on seeing you.”

Zephyr and Cordelia exchanged polite smiles and gestured for Zuko to leave first.

Cordelia poured floral tea for everyone, noticing the perspiration on their foreheads and realizing they must have something important to discuss.

“Please, speak your mind,” she said with a gentle smile. “We’re going to be family, no need to be too formal.”

“In that case, I won’t beat around the bush,” Melissa said, taking out a photo. It showed the two of them holding a young Lina, taken on a ship with a dock in the background as they were about to buy snacks for her.

That act had saved them from their biggest disaster.

as she saw the face of

holding Pamela’s photo, asking anyone she came across if they had seen the girl. The photos Linda had of Pamela were only up until she

residents of Centrolis, you must be aware

too had a deep

Lina on that ship. She was being carried by a man who seemed quite

that we survived the sinking of the Latitude and

The Latitude, the shipwreck, a man carrying a child—everything matched, and every clue pointed to the impending

composed herself, and

Melissa admitted with an unusual calmness. She had feared and detested this sentence for many years, but now she

the photo had her hair cut and was wearing plain clothes. Her cheeks were reddened from crying, and tear stains were still

Linda saw their beloved baby in such a state, how heartbroken would

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