Chapter b456 /bGone Without a Trace

Ethan stayed silent.

He stood off to the side, beyes /bfixed on Tessa.

At this point, she was hisst hope.

He wasn’t the type to give up until the very end.

Simon stood by too, at a loss for what else he could do.

If Ethan and Tessa hadn’t given up, how could he?

“Tessa, is there anything I can do to help?” he asked. At the very least, he was a trained professional–maybe his help could make a difference.

But Tessa only shook her head.

“You can’t help with this.”

She wasn’t trying to be rude–it was simply the truth.

Simon opened his mouth, then shut it again.

The feeling of helplessness stung more than he expected.

He’d always been someone who tried his hardest. But sometimes, effort alone wasn’t enough.

He had done everything he could.

And it still wasn’t enough.

“Simon, maybe take a break. Step outside for a bit,” Ethan suggested. Simon had been cooped up in this room since the incident began.

Sometimes, a shift in environment could bring new insight.

“I’d rather stay,” Simon said quietly.

He wanted to watch. To learn.

Tessa was using techniques he’d never even seen before.

This was a rare opportunity–he wasn’t about to waste it.

Tessa didn’t respond.

She was already deep in concentration.

Because of the sensitive nature of the operation, everyone inside the control zone had to shut down theirmunication devices.

Tessa’s phone had been powered off when she entered.

Which meant–back at Wisteria Apartment, Landon came home to find she was gone.

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bAnd /bbevery /btime he tried calling her, he got the same message: phone off.

Ysabel watched her uncle’s icy expression and dared not say a word.

Landon threw his phone onto the couch.

“She didn’t tell you where she was going?” he asked, voice low and dangerous.

Ysabel immediately shook her head.

Of course she didn’t know.

She was just as upset!

“Uncle, don’t worry so much. Maybe she’ll be back any minute,” she offered weakly. But the tension in the room was making her anxious too.

Landon sank onto the couch.

Ysabel hesitated, then tried to sit down too.

“I asked you to stay here and watch over Tessa. iThis /iis what you call looking after her? What makes you think you deserve to sit?”

Ysabel had barely bent her knees when his words hit her like a p.

She silently backed away, eyes wide.

“Uncle… when did you ever say I had to watch her? And she doesn’t even need me to watch over her…b” /b

But before she could finish, Landon shot her a re so sharp she froze mid–sentence.

She quickly lowered her head and started fiddling with her fingers, pretending she hadn’t seen anything.

iMy /iiheart /iis ibroken/ii, /ishe thought. iBut /iI’m inot /iisaying /iia /iiword/i.

When Tessa came back, she was going to itattle/i.

Her uncle had been iso /imean to hertely. Tessa had to know!

Landon stayed in the living room, forcing himself to stay calm.

iMaybe /iishe /iijust /iihad /iisomething /iito /iido /iiand /iiher /iiphone /iidied/ii, /ihe told himself. iMaybe /iishe’ll /iiwalk /iithrough /iithe /iidoor /iiany /i

iminute/ii. /i

But by 8:00 p.m., there was still no sign of her.

Hisposure began to crack.

Inside his consciousness, Flex paced back and forth, equally unsettled.

i“/iiIt’s /iibeen /iitoo /iilong/i. iWhy /iiisn’t /iishe /iiback /iiyet/i? iAnd /iiwhy /iican’t /iI isense /iiEmma’s /iiaura /iiat /iiall/ii? /iiWhere /iiare /iithey/ii?/ii” /i

As a rare ancient Ink Obsidian Wolf, Flex should’ve been able to detect Emma anywhere within Navoris- unless she was deliberately suppressing her presence.

b12.20 /b

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Or-

Unless they weren’t in Navoris anymore.

Or they were in a location shielded against ancient wolves…

Finished

Like a high–grade wolfbone barrier–a fortress built from the remains of long–dead wolves, capable of cloaking even the most primal of energies.

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