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.

gaze changed as she saw the face of the little

go out alone, dazed, holding Pamela’s photo, asking anyone she came across if they had seen the girl. The photos Linda

and Mrs. Jenner, as residents of Centrolis, you must be aware of the shipwreck that

Zephyr subconsciously, and he too had a

by a man who seemed quite terrified and didn’t appear to

of this child’s blessings that we survived the sinking of

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

composed herself, and

unusual calmness. She had feared and detested this

running her fingers over the young and innocent face, feeling a sudden pang in her chest. The girl in the photo had her hair cut

Linda saw their beloved baby in such

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