Beginning of the Storm

AIDEN

"We've spotted Landon Allard near the factory," Nick informed me. "Our team tried to get closer, but there were complications, and I called them off."

My grip on the phone tightened. "What kind of complications?"

"Someone activated some kind of jamming device around three warehouses, which shouldn't be a problem if they were only cutting off the signal... But whatever they used, it literally burned all our communicators," he said

I pinched the bridge of my nose. "I understand your decision. Sending the team without communication would have been too risky. Did you see anything else?"

He cleared his throat. "Many trucks going out of the factory. I wasn't sure whether it was something that usually happens there, but the numbers... It just seemed odd."

"Well, Christopher mentioned moving out some of the equipment a few days ago," I explained, and normally it wouldn't have raised my suspicions, but now it was different. Now I was aware of Christopher's connections to Landon, and