The Apocalyptic Queen's Werewolf Journey (Thora and Darius) novel Chapter 475

Mona nodded firmly. She wasn't sure why, but something made her willing to share the real reason she'd come to the military academy with Thora—perhaps because in this unfamiliar, unforgiving place, Thora was the only person she felt she could open up to.

"My father was a renowned biologist. But five years ago, he vanished without a single warning. My mother and I searched every corner of the globe and couldn't find a trace of him. Later, I heard that a diploma from Blue Star Military Academy could give you access to the whereabouts and records of nearly anyone in the world. So I did whatever it took to get in."

Mona kept her words brief, but those few simple sentences seemed to drain the light right out of her. The bratty, entitled edge she usually carried had vanished completely, leaving behind nothing but quiet heartbreak and stubborn resolve.

Thora's expression shifted too, and an unexpected pang of recognition stirred somewhere deep inside her—Mona's situation was eerily similar to her own.

The only difference was that Thora had never made finding her biological father a goal. She only cared about the present, and she held no attachment or obsession when it came to the man who'd fathered her.

But Mona was different. Everything she was fighting for right now was to find her father.

Thora's tone was cool and detached, yet every word carried weight. "People don't just vanish into thin air. Either someone made sure there was nothing left to find, or he wasn't able to show himself."

The color drained from Mona's face in an instant, and she blurted out, "That's impossible! Before I came to the military academy, I specifically went to a witch to get a reading. My father is still alive. He's not dead!"

"Then it's the second one." Thora didn't hesitate for even a second, delivering the answer without flinching.

Mona's expression turned grim, a wave of panic and dread crashing over her—unable to show himself. What did that mean? It meant he was being controlled. Or worse, imprisoned. Locked away somewhere with his fate hanging in the balance.

Seeing the dark, anxious look on Mona's face, Thora asked in her usual even tone, "Before he disappeared, was there anything unusual? Or did he say anything out of the ordinary to you?"

In Thora's mind, Mona's father's disappearance was almost certainly tied to his profession.

The question plunged Mona deep into thought. Her mind drifted back five years, sifting through hazy memories, piecing together fragments of those final days. "In the days before he vanished, he was restless. On edge the whole time. He wouldn't let me leave the pack. He even pulled me out of school and told my mother and me to just stay home and not go anywhere. But he never explained why. Two days later, he was just ... gone.

But quietly, a suspicion was already forming in the back of Thora's mind.

Mona's father had most likely been abducted.

A renowned biologist was a national treasure. His disappearance should have sent the highest levels of the Astralis Empire into full-scale action, and the response would not have been subtle.

Yet in all these years, Thora had never once heard about it—which meant the Astralis Empire's leadership had probably given up the search long ago. Or worse, they'd been forced to give up.

A biologist...

The shadow of the Blue Star Research Institute flickered through Thora's mind, though she couldn't be certain. After all, the number of forces capable of silencing an entire nation and spiriting away a national treasure without leaving a trace was vanishingly small.