Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 455 Lost Without a Trace

Mr. Zachariah was fuming, but Ethan didn't even spare him a glance.

If he kept throwing a tantrum now, he'd only end up making a fool of himself.

One of Zavala's men leaned in and murmured, "Sir... I heard Ethan cracked several major cases lately. Do you think it might be because of that girl?"

Their two squads had always been neck and neck in performance.

But lately, Ethan's team had been on a winning streak-solving big cases one after another and getting major recognition from higher-ups.

Zavala shot him a glare.

"What nonsense are you babbling? We solve cases based on skill. You think a teenage girl is the reason for all that?"

He'd always believed in his own strength—and never looked-twice at anyone else's.

“But Captain, there's no smoke without fire. We used to be evenly matched with them, and now they're leaps ahead. There has to be a reason, right?"

Zavala had been ready to storm off in frustration, but hearing that, he hesitated.

Instead, he dragged over a chair and sat down.

Fine. He'd stay and watch. Let's see what trick Ethan had up his sleeve.

Inside the cool-toned, neon-lit control room, Simon led Tessa through a maze of high-tech systems.

The air buzzed faintly with ozone and wolf pheromones. On the walls, holographic screens looped surveillance footage from the Council Hall.noveldrama

"What do you think? Ever seen anything like this? Do you know how to use it?" Simon asked. He knew Tessa was good with computers, but this gear was cutting-edge. No ordinary high schooler would know their way around it.

Tessa turned and gave him a look.

"Simon, are you seriously underestimating me right now?"

She'd seen tech like this two years ago. Please.

Simon rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"I didn't mean it like that. We only just got this equipment ourselves. I barely know how to use it. I was just worried it'd slow you down. But if you've got it, great!"

Tessa didn't respond. She sat down at a console and got to work,

"You didn't find anything?"

"We picked up a faint trace of the councilman's pheromones," Simon explained, handing over the data files. "But they were basically useless. According to the residual trail, the last time he was seen at that location was

Chapter 455 Lost Without a Trace

ten days ago. After that nothing. It's like lie vanished off the face of the earth"

Even the file used code letters to refer to the councilman-his identity strictly confidential

"Tessa, if you have any ideas, please. We haven't slept for days, and we've still got nothing. Without knowing where he is, we're completely stuck."

"Alright. I'll take a look."

Tessa opened the system and started parsing through data.

"You're seriously hacking into the Werewolf Council's biometric lock... in front of

me?" Simon whispered, half in awe.

This girl was something else.

"Stop talking. I need silence to concentrate."

Simon clamped his mouth shut.

Fine. If she could really find him, he'd do anything she asked-no questions asked.

People don't just disappear into thin air.

This councilman had to have been taken.

But by who?

That was the real question.

Tessa tried several different approaches-nothing.

Simon stayed nearby, tense, hoping for a breakthrough. But as she continued

without any success, his optimism began to fade.

Then Ethan walked in and noticed the look on Simon's face.

"Still no leads?"

Simon shook his head helplessly.

"Ethan, I think we're out of options. It's been over ten days. We might have to face the fact that... he's not coming back."

He didn't want to say it—but deep down, they were all thinking the same thing.

The odds weren't looking good.

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