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.

air buzzed faintly with ozone and wolf pheromones. On the walls, holographic screens

use it?" Simon asked. He knew Tessa was good with computers, but this gear was cutting-edge. No ordinary high

turned and gave

are you seriously underestimating me right

like this

rubbed the back of his head

like that. We only just got this equipment ourselves. I barely know how to use it. I was just

didn't respond. She sat down at a console and got

"You didn't find anything?"

data files. "But they were basically useless. According to the residual trail, the last time he was seen at that

Lost

After that nothing. It's like lie vanished off the face of the

file used code letters to refer to the

if you have any ideas, please. We haven't slept for days, and we've still got nothing. Without

take a

opened the system and started parsing through

seriously hacking into the Werewolf Council's biometric lock... in

whispered, half in

girl was

need silence

clamped his

really find him, he'd do

just disappear into thin