Chapter 1154

Mina had initially suggested taking Jane to the station that afternoon to observe her perform a dissection on a corpse in the advanced stages of decomposition—maggots and all. But plans quickly changed. After lunch, Jane was summoned into the study by John, who was soon joined by her other brothers and cousins. There was a gravity in the air that silenced any lingering laughter from the meal. John looked at her, his eyes brimming with quiet sorrow. “Jane,” he said softly, “can you tell us what happened to you all these years?” Jane nodded, her expression calm but her voice steady with emotion as she began recounting everything—from the moment she woke up with no memory of her past, to the long years of believing that Judson was her real brother. She told them about the intense training she underwent, the countless skills she was forced to master, and the routine “medical check-ups” that, at the time, had seemed normal in a physically demanding environment. Only now, in hindsight, did s