Chapter 439

It snagged Evangeline's attention, and she picked up without a second thought.

"Could it be an update on Lydia's location?" Evangeline asked, her voice thrumming with hope.

Since the day she had scoped out Sunny Glow Beauty Salon and sketched out a map of its layout for Snow Wolf, all had been quiet on his end. That unexpected call had her mind racing. Could it be the break they needed?

She was right. A cheerful male voice greeted her from the other end.

"Yes, we should've had news sooner, but we hit a snag," Snow Wolf admitted, pausing for a moment before diving back in. "The map you handed over was just a slice of the salon's real footprint. We had to crack their system wide open to snatch the hidden part of the blueprint they were sitting on.

"Now we're pretty sure there's a secret door tucked away in the back of the director's office. And Lydia, the one you've been chasing shadows to find, is holed up in a room right behind that door."

Lydia's disappearance had stretched on f