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.

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

Simon asked. He knew Tessa was good with computers, but this gear was cutting-edge. No ordinary high schooler would know their way around

and gave

seriously

tech like this two

rubbed the back of

how to use it. I was just worried it'd slow you down.

at a console

"You didn't find anything?"

they

Lost Without

nothing. It's like lie vanished off the

the file used code letters to

slept for days, and we've still got

take

opened the system and

Werewolf Council's biometric lock... in front

whispered,

was

I need silence

his mouth

she could really find him, he'd do anything she asked-no

don't just disappear into thin