EXHIBIT 24.2

                        LAW FIRM OF LARSON-JACKSON, P.C.
                         1500 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 900
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
                            Telephone: (202) 408-8180
                            Facsimile: (202) 347-8868

                                January 13, 2003

Mr. Lino Novielli
Adena, Inc.
11921 Freedom Drive, Suite 550
Reston, VA  20190

         Re:   SEC Registration Statement on Form SB-2

Dear Mr. Novielli:

         We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion regarding the
securities being registered by the Registration Statement to be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Adena. Inc., formerly known as Cross
Genetic Technologies, Inc., a Virginia corporation, in connection with
11,008,000 shares of its common stock, no par value, as proposed and more fully
described in such Registration Statement.

         We further consent to the reference in such Registration Statement to
our having given such opinions.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   /s/ Steve Larson-Jackson
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                                   Steve Larson-Jackson