Chapter 393 393: The sender was none other than Stefan Hayes.

Kaden reached the base and headed straight to the main office, where he found Luke already waiting for him.

"I hope this isn't a trap," Kaden said the moment he joined him.

"I doubt it," Luke replied, offering a calm assurance as he watched Kaden take a seat in the chair beside him at the broad table. "There's no way our intel would feed us false information."

A large computer screen stood before them, lines of data scrolling steadily alongside a series of photographs.

Kaden's eyes darkened as he studied the images intently.

"These are from years ago, back when Jeremy and Jedrick were partners," Luke began, his voice low and steady. "It's said that the reason Jeremy got involved in the illegal fight circuits — the ones that disappeared without a trace — was because of his connection to Jedrick."

But what shocked Kaden the most was the identity of Jedrick's associate: none other than Sherlyn's father, the current mayor of the country.

It had taken them years to uncover the truth. Everything had been buried under layers of deception, concealed so flawlessly that it seemed impossible to unravel — until Luke finally managed to get his hands on something that led him to the truth.

"And how did you get your hands on these details?" Kaden asked, his dark eyes narrowing as he fixed his gaze on Luke.

Luke scratched his forehead, the hesitation clear on his face.

"Someone reached out to me through an anonymous link," he muttered. "When I dug deeper, I realized the sender was none other than Stefan Hayes."

realization settling over him. Without needing further explanation, he understood exactly

Eveline and told her to meet him at

hour, three people stood before him, their eyes cautiously watching as he studied

known about this?" Kaden asked, directing the

was no way Stefan would've gotten involved in tracking down Jeremy unless his niece had pointed

bit her lower lip, the brooding look in Kaden's eyes making her swallow hard. But then, as if deflecting her own nerves, she shot a sharp glare at Stefan — the

he still couldn't figure out how Luke had managed to track him down. He'd been careful — or so he

snapping her out of the silent scolding she'd been giving Stefan in her mind. She turned toward her uncle,

reached out to Aunt Sherlyn...

if he did, the

about Jedrick, he wasn't the type to target people without reason. Vengeance was his only motive. So the moment Sherlyn's name crossed his path, Eveline's instincts had kicked in — her mind racing faster than a cheetah — and that's what had

his head around the fact that Eveline — barely twenty-three — had managed to outsmart them. Secret agents who had spent years working their asses off, only to be outdone by a

tone laced with both curiosity and disbelief, "are you truly this sharp,

a thin line, her gaze flicking

finally broke

question is — how do we figure out

silent, his thoughts drifting back to the familiar surroundings of Sherlyn's house.

step back from Valeria's case," Kaden said suddenly, his voice cutting through the

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