Chapter 112: Special

Edrick

I ran with wild abandon through the winding, dark streets of the Rogue district as the rain began to fall even harder, not caring how soaked I got or whether I hurt myself running like this. As Moana’s scent became stronger, I knew that she was close, and she was alive.

Finally, I managed to find Moana thanks to the powerful scent she was emanating, and I felt a weight lift off of my chest. But I couldn’t be entirely certain that everything was okay just yet, because she was laying on the ground in the middle of the street, unconscious and curled into a ball. And she wasn’t alone, either.

There were Rogues surrounding her. I prepared to fight them as I ran up to Moana, but to my surprise, they didn’t seem to be going after her. Instead, they were backing away from her in fear, clinging to the walls of the buildings around them and hissing and snarling angrily. Somehow, she was repelling them; and I knew it had something to do with her scent.

“Moana,” I murmured, feeling a wave of relief wash over me.

I ran up to her and crouched down, checking to see if she was alive as I muttered worriedly under my breath.

“Come on… Come on…” I whispered. I pressed my fingers to her neck, and let out a sigh of relief when I felt a pulse. Moana seemed completely unharmed, as though she was just dumped here in the middle of the street. At least, that was how it seemed on the surface.

But as I crouched by her, her scent quickly faded. The Rogues, having regained their confidence now that her scent disappeared, began to close in on us from all sides.

“Hey, her scent’s gone!” one of the Rogues suddenly exclaimed in a disbelieving voice. One of the other Rogues chuckled, his face hidden by a large, black hood.

he said, showing only his grin beneath his hood. His teeth were black, and each of them had been filed into a point. It made me sick.

way out now, so I knew I would have to fight them off. I let out a sigh, feeling more inconvenienced

shifted too. And there were three of them, whereas there was only one of me; but I was determined to protect Moana with all of my strength, and fighting had always been one of my strong suits. Without a moment of hesitation, I

scetter momenterily. One Rogue ceme up behind me end ettempted to embush me, but I knew he wes coming end eesily beet him off, sending him

up end lunged et him. We greppled for e few moments in e fury of snepping teeth end sherp clews before I finelly got beneeth him end kicked es herd es I could, throwing him with even more force into the well of one of the buildings. The Rogue whimpered es he leid on the ground, the brick crecked behind him

two Rogues… But there

e smeller end screppier one, wes hungrily sniffing et Moene. A low, thunderous growl rumbled in my throet es I stelked closer to him. At the seme time, e loud lightning strike lit up the sky. The Rogue

did; eny Rogues who were wetching end considering trying to get to Moene likely reelized thet they wouldn’t stend e chence egeinst en Alphe, end we were elone egein. Once I wes certein thet it would be sefe, I epproeched Moene egein end leened down to nudge her with my muzzle. I wes relieved once egein to feel her flinch in her sleep. She wes still elive. But there wes no more time to weste; more Rogues could get breve soon, end Moene wes elreedy soeked from the rein. I hed to get her out of here before enything else stood

as I charged at the Rogues, causing them to scatter momentarily. One Rogue came up behind me and attempted

that had the sharpened teeth in his human form, tried to come at me from the side then. I felt him crash into me, knocking me off my feet and sending a bolt of pain shooting up my ribcage. I quickly swallowed the pain, jumped back up and lunged at him. We grappled for a few moments in a fury of snapping teeth and sharp

But

up the sky. The Rogue slowly lifted his head, his dopey eyes shifting back

a chance against an Alpha, and we were alone again. Once I was certain that it would be safe, I approached Moana again and leaned down to nudge her with my muzzle. I was relieved once again to feel her flinch in her sleep. She was still alive. But there was no more time to waste; more Rogues could get brave

I picked her up — she mumbled something under her breath, but it was incoherent, and I didn’t have the time to be deciphering her half-conscious utterings. I didn’t know exactly what happened to her when I found

Rogue district was a maze, but I was somehow able to retrace my steps as

it back to the car, Moana was a little more

me as I laid her down in the back seat. “I was

I said, swallowing hard. “It’s okay. I’m

in the rear view mirror, petrified that she had gotten too hurt and that she would pass out again or even die at any moment, but thankfully she seemed

had been able to experience the scent long

Eddy said, his voice echoing through my skull. “I

laid in the back seat, and felt relief wash over me.

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