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Adrien POV

I drove to Logan's apartment, which was quite small, especially for a guy who could afford more than it.

He welcomed me in haste. His house had a system around it. It looked more like a work base than a house.

Well, that was what happens when you remove the light of a man’s life. And Logan had his life taken away in a tragic plane accident. His life was his late partner Linda.

Well, they hadn’t exactly been partners, as Logan had always chased her away. And when he decided to accept her as his girlfriend. Life painfully took her away from him.

“Thanks for coming as quick as you can.”

“You said you were very certain that you found Diane’s trail?”

He motioned me to sit on one of the empty couches in the living room.

Then handed me some pictures afterward.

“She was buying some groceries when the CCTV camera captured her face.”

“Where was this taken?“

“In a stop martin California. Since my friend owns a security firm, I had access to some CCTV footage from around some towns; I kept looking for pictures of them as I did every day. And I finally came up with this.”

I looked closely at the picture. Diane was covered with a black hoodie. Meaning she was trying to hide her face.

That could only mean that she was running away from something. But what could it be?

“She seems like she was running away from something?”

“Or someone,” Logan added.

“Where are you able to trace a possible location with this?”

“Yes. It was a motel just down the stop mart.”

“But what would she be doing in a motel? More importantly, why isn’t she with Ray?”

“Only one way to find out.”

“You suggesting that we drive down to California?”

“Yeah. It’s just an hour's journey. And it would give us the answers that we seek.”

“The thing is. Esmeralda just got discharged from the hospital. And I wish to be close to her. and not on some hunt for some lunatic.”

“I understand. But we can still make it back here. It’s just a few hours. Plus, this is the first good lead we got on Diane and Ray. We should make good use of it. Don’t you wish to find out what had happened with the flash drive?”

He made a good point. Plus, the faster we get rid of the whole situation, the faster we will get rid of the whole situation. The easier and more peaceful my life would be.

“Alright, let’s get moving then.”

He was the one who drove the car. And according to his words, it only took us a few hours to get to the motel.

We got to the receptionist and asked for Diane.

“I’m sorry, there’s no one with such a name.” The old lady replied surly.

“Can you check it again?” Logan asked.

“I have done that already. The lady you seek to find isn’t here. Kindly excuse yourself.”

For a motel, she was sure rude. Wasn’t she supposed to be accommodating so she would have people rushing into the motel?

I then brought out a picture of Diane on my phone. It was our wedding picture.

When she saw the picture, I noticed the way her eyes rose, like she recognized her.

“Do you know her?”

“Yes, she’s been staying in our motel for a while now.”

“Can you get me to her room?”

“I’m sorry, it’s against our policy.”

Logan brought out dollar bills and shoved them towards the woman. “Please?”

She looked at the cash. Then at Logan and me. Before picking it up. “Room 107.” She noted.

“Thanks.”

We then proceeded to the supposed room number.

However, it was locked. And when we knocked. No one responded.

So we assumed that she wasn’t home.

“Can you pick the lock?” I asked Logan.

“Isn’t that illegal?”

“It is, but so is us even being here.”

Logan gave a skeptical look before bunching down to pick the lock with his pointed, sharp-edged knife.

It took much longer cause it was a knife. And we couldn’t get any more suitable item.

However, it finally opened. And we stormed right into the room.

The room looked like any normal motel room,

However, the occupants weren’t normal, so we had to search around the room for anything strange or out of order.

While searching, I found an ID card and a passport.

I opened it. The ID card said a different name, but it was still her picture.

The passport also had a different name, and her picture was also there.

Meaning she was trying to change her identity. But why? Was she in some trouble?

“It seems Diane wishes to run away from the country,” Logan said. He held some paper.

I furrowed my eyes in confusion. “Plane tickets to Spain. For tomorrow.”

“Why is she planning on going there? Let’s see if we can find anything on Ray here.” I told him, and we did another search. But it was pointless.

It was as though he wasn’t even in her life.

I was still rampaging through her stuff when I heard the swift sound of footsteps.

We quickly hide in the little dresser room.

The key rattled. However, it stops rattling. And the door creaked open.

Revealing Diane's form. She wore a heavy coat and quickly discarded it.

However, her eyes immediately moved in the direction of the dresser.

And soon, she was storming inside it. Damn, these wolf senses. I was sure that was what made her realize that we were in the room.

She tried lurching at me. Except I was stronger than her. And so I was weakening her and bringing her down.

Then I pushed her to the floor, coming out of the dresser room with Logan.

“Will you look at that? It’s Adrien.” Her voice drawled.

I growled. “What are you doing here?”

“I could be asking you the same thing. Especially since you are in my lodging space.”

“I came to see how you are fairing. And it seemed not too well.”

“And you are concerned about this?”

“On the contrary. I want to know what happened with you, Ray, and the flash drive?”

“I do not owe any explanations to you.” She seethed.

Then stood up from the floor. Dusting herself.

“Oh. Darling, you do. But before we get into all that. I would like to know where you’ve kept my flash drive.”

“Last I remembered, it’s not yours anymore. You traded it for the life of your family.”

“You abducted my family and almost had Esmeralda killed. That wasn’t any trading. That was you tricking me so you can harm them.”

“If it’s an apology you seek, trust me, you won’t find it, same with the flash drive.”

I stormed towards her angrily. Placing my hands on her throat and pressing really hard.

“It seemed you didn’t get my questions. Where is the flash drive?”

She kicked and thrashed her feet violently while her hands pressed over mine, trying to get rid of my hands on her neck.

“Where is the flash drive!”

She choked and chortled. And when her eyes were rolling out of her eyeballs

I threw her to the floor with huge force.

She let out a strained scream.

“Are you ready to speak? Or should I also help you?” Logan chipped in.

She tried to gain her breath. And when she did, she was glaring holes into our heads.

“I have no idea where it is.” She finally said.

“You took the flash drive from my hands. How the hell would you not know about its whereabouts.”

“That’s cause it got lost in our hands.”

“You misplaced the world's most dangerous flash drive?”

She didn’t, however, respond.

“Answer me, Diane. I haven’t got all day.”

She sighed. “After Ray and I got the flash drive. We took it home. Hoping to submit and look through it the next day. However, the next day, on the way to going to the cops. I told Ray to stop at some store. Even though it was against his wishes. I was holding the flash drive in my bag. However, while shopping, I realized that my bag was gone. I looked for it but couldn’t find it, and when I did find it. The flash drive was gone.”

Well, isn’t that great! “You lost the freaking flags drive?!? That’s like saying you lost an atomic bomb?”

“We tried looking for the flash drive. But we couldn’t find it. Ray had been so made about it. However, he had forgiven me during our search for the flash drive. I received a call from an unknown number that claimed he had the flash drive. I believed him cause he told a secret about my late father that no one in the world knew. Except for the flash drive.”

“And?” Logan asked

“I went to him, and he was a werewolf. Ray's half-brother, Alec, said he had been watching us all since, and he wished to be the alpha instead of Ray. He offered for me to join him and become his Luna. And Seeing as he had the best next offer. I accepted. When Ray found out that I had accepted his brother's offer, he got angry, and things ended between us.”

“However, the worst part of it all was that Alec had been lying to me. He had no flash drive. And only wanted to destroy my relationship with his brother 'cause he hated Ray and wished for him to suffer.”

“So, In all of this story? You still do not know the location of the flash drive?”

“No.”

“Why then are you running away?”

“Ray! He is furious at me. And he is trying to kill me for my betrayal of him; I just wanted to get out of America before he can succeed.”

I scoffed so much for epic love.