Chapter 318
The clump of dirt was packed with gravel, chunks of cement, and construction scrap—rough and bone-dry.
The nutrient-rich soil used for Sweetbriar Woods at the Manor was custom-made, fine, soft, and dark in color, completely different from this trash.
Sienna’s gaze turned ice-cold as she aggressively ripped the tarps back from the surrounding trucks.
She hopped up onto the side, shining her flashlight deep into the truck bed.
As far as the beam could reach, every single inch was packed with construction waste and gravel.
There wasn’t a single trace of Sweetbriar Woods anywhere.
Sienna stood frozen in place, her face completely void of emotion.
But her eyes were so dark they looked like they had frosted over.
Luna’s connections were always airtight; a rookie mistake like this should never have happened.
She turned her head, meeting Maloney’s gaze. Both of their eyes darkened with realization.
Maloney’s expression hardened as he immediately ordered the men, “Comb through all the vehicles and the surrounding area. Find anything that looks out of place p>
Just as he spoke, someone shouted from the back, “The license plate on this truck is a fake p>
The group immediately rushed over to check.
At first glance, the plate looked completely normal.
But the moment you touched it, the uneven thickness and sticky glue residue around the edges gave it away.
Hearing this, the crew scrambled to inspect the remaining trucks.
The result was unanimous—every single vehicle had a fake license plate slapped over the real one.
A perfect bait-and-switch.
The light in Sienna’s eyes died completely.
She immediately dialed Luna’s number. “Luna, the site is packed with construction waste. It’s not the Manor’s soil, and every truck is running on fake plates p>
Luna sounded absolutely stunned on the other end. “That’s impossible! Miller’s informant is a ghost; his intel is never wrong. He wouldn’t feed us. a bogus lead out of nowhere. Hang on let me trace this back right now p>
Sienna waited in silence, the dozens of seconds stretching on like an eternity.
Soon, Luna’s voice crackled through the speaker again. “The lead was real. The trucks made a pit stop at a temporary layover site halfway through the route… Wait p>
She abruptly stopped talking, followed by the frantic, rapid-fire clacking of a keyboard.
“Two trucks went missing after they left the layover site. They definitely swapped the loads there p>
Sienna’s grip on her phone tightened, her eyes locking onto Maloney.
They both knew exactly what this meant.
The evidence she was looking for was sitting inside those two ghost trucks.
“Can you track where those two trucks went?” Sienna demanded immediately.
“Give me a second p>
Sienna waited silently. The only sounds left were the frantic typing and the howling night wind.
With every second that ticked by, her heart sank lower and lower.
A moment later, a sharp gasp echoed through the phone.
Then, the frantic typing stopped dead.
Sienna’s brows slammed together, a suffocating dread swallowing her whole. “Luna, what is it? What happened? Luna p>
Before she could finish her sentence, the line went dead with a harsh, piercing beep.
Sienna’s heart skipped a beat, and she instantly dialed back.
But all she got was the cold, robotic voice telling her the phone was turned off.
She slowly lowered her phone, her: eyes pitch-black, and snapped an order to her men. “Look into Luña’s status right now. Find out exactly what the hell just happened to her
It didn’t take long for the operative to report back. “Ms. Sloan, we found out. Officer Lennox illegally accessed the internal police database while on duty tonight.
Right when she was on the phone with you, her direct superior caught her red-handed. She’s already been dragged into an interrogation room for investigation p>