Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 779 Conspiracy

Hayley's POV:

The vendor's son was barely 30-a promising physics grad student, handpicked and groomed by the Cyclone Pack's clite research institute.

Six months ago, he vanished without a trace. No one had seen or heard from him since.

Research wasn't exactly the kind of field that sparked rivalries. It was a quiet, repetitive life, one not prone to drama.

And even though he was just a human, being admitted into such a prestigious institution meant he was under the protection of high-ranking werewolf warriors. He shouldn't have been in any real danger.

That's why his disappearance couldn't be dismissed as random. It had to be connected to the recent wave of suicides among theoretical physicists. That much was clear.

Dominic came online quickly, using the new identity and secure channel I'd set up for him.

"Did your visit to Cyclone Pack go smoothly?" He messaged.

"All went smoothly. I need you to run a data analysis ASAP-track the number of physicists across the country over the past two years," I replied..

"Ten minutes."

Even with a national database, that kind of work took time. Data like that couldn't be filtered in an instant.

Fifteen minutes later, a report came through, followed by a message, "Two years ago, there were 1,760 registered top-level physicists. Last year, it dropped to 1,680. As of this year? Only 1,440 remain. Of those, only 20 died of natural causes. The rest are either missing or confirmed dead. Also, most of the missing students from various universities this year were physics majors."

I stared at the report, my chest tightening with dread.

It now seemed almost certain that someone was targeting the werewolf community in North Annestone.

cripple our scientific progress by eliminating our brightest

to push us forward. Without scientists, our future:

was behind this wasn't just trying to win a fight-they wanted to wipe

be bold-and powerful

SI

nearly enough answers. But at least now, I had a

replied to Dominic, "Understood. Save the data in memory, then destroy the file

He doesn't trust me. If he keeps running around like

Fri, 4

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afraid something bad's

it. I'll handle it right

sta Pears

severed the connection and shredded the data

the sleep I got during the day, but lying in bed now, I didn't feel tired at

I asked myself, had I ever revealed my

was no.

a few international competitions just to spite Ryder-but that was after I'd already

it couldn't have been

and his challenge, "Just

Knock, knock-

startled me out

the

could it possibly be

inside me, slipping into battle