Chapter 188: Return to the Rogue District

Edrick

“It’s located in the Rogue district,” the investigator said, his face pale and his eyes wide.

The Rogue district was such a dangerous place that even the police were terrified to go there. But I wasn’t; if I had to fight a thousand Rogues to save Moana and Ella, then I would do it.

“Let’s go,” I said, storming over to the door.

“Mr. Morgan, are you sure it’s safe for you to come—” one of the cops began, but I whirled around to glare at him intensely. I could feel my eyes beginning to glow, and my stare alone was enough to make the cop fall silent and shut his mouth. The rest of the cops nodded, and we left Selina and the maids standing in the foyer.

“Stay here and call me immediately if Moana happens to show up,” I told Selina as the elevator doors closed. The last thing I saw was her nodding grimly with tears in her eyes.

with the police chief and then we were on our way. As we drove across town, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Kelly had implied… How she thought that I would actually marry her in exchange for Moana and Ella’s lives. But the sound of whatever happened at the end seemed promising… I could only hope that Moana

out. Although, I supposed that I wouldn’t have been terribly surprised if Kelly had threatened them and forced them to leave quietly. For all I knew, maybe she gave them something to make them sleep, and had her men take them away. Honestly, the latter was preferable in some ways, at least for Ella; I would have preferred if she could have

their lights to make traffic move aside so we could get quickly through the city. It wasn’t long before we finally

darker part of town, where Rogues lined the streets and stared at us as we drove past. I nodded grimly, just

us. The darker the Rogue district became,

was

out

the cop murmured. He pulled out his radio and contacted the other cars behind us. “Looks like we’ve got a Code Purple

but the Rogues didn’t move. He came to a stop and sat there for a few seconds, then clicked his radio again, this

said firmly. “We need to pass. This is an

to the car. More Rogues came out of the alleyway then, and by that point there were

the

shook violently as two Rogues jumped on the hood, barking and snarling. The cop and I looked at each other in shock for a moment before he radioed something

I couldn’t just sit there and hope that the police would fight through the Rogues; I needed to help. I quickly jumped out and felt myself begin to

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