Chapter 1357

Unlike the others, Hank brought his bidding sign and carried an emerald pendant. A deliberately vacated seat next to him held a custom-made glass box containing the stone turtle emerald pendant crafted by Shannon. Bringing the Mini Stone Turtle to the auction wasn't a coincidence. When Sylvan had been convicted the day before, Mackenzie approached Hank again to bid him farewell one last time. Though Hank still felt uneasy around her, he was reminded that her brave decision to report the spy had cost her life. He dismissed his fear and mustered the courage to say a proper goodbye. After sending Mackenzie away, he turned to the Mini Stone Turtle and attempted to talk to it as Shannon had suggested. "Could you stop letting me see ghosts? Please?" Though the capture of a spy hidden at Seastone University had been a positive outcome, he genuinely refused to deal with ghosts again. "If you can hear me, could you take back your gift? If you want to thank me, could you do it some other