I looked at him incredulously. "Why are you saying this? Can you stop hiding things from me? I'm not a child!"

"I haven't hidden anything from you." He reached out, wrapping his arm around me. "They've caught the person, but it was an online transaction, and the identity of the other party is unknown."

"Unknown identity?" I questioned.

Atlas assured me, "But it's not Liora."

"She's ruled out!"

"Yes! She wouldn't be able to find such a person so quickly," Atlas said confidently, "There must