NOAH'S POV

My heart still pounded from my encounter with Rex, but my eyes locked onto the desk. The document I had glimpsed wasn’t just some research paper, it was the investigation.

And professor Rex had made progress.

"It seems you've made progress with the investigation," I murmured, my fingers ghosting over the pages.

Scattered across the desk were notes, maps, and timestamps, every single detail meticulously recorded. Red circles marked specific locations, but one in particular was ...