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.

police had their cars parked outside. I climbed into the passenger seat 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 had broken

of place; it was as though they simply got up and walked 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,

police cars made their way through the city, using their lights to make traffic move aside so we could get quickly through the city. It wasn’t long

streets and stared at us as we drove past. I nodded grimly, just trying not to look out

on us. The darker the Rogue district became, the heavier and more sickening it felt. On either side of the street,

eventually, that was exactly

out of an alleyway and blocked

cars behind us. “Looks like we’ve got a Code Purple

move. He came to a stop and sat there for a few seconds, then clicked his radio again, this time using the speaker on the

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

move out of the way. In fact, they only began to walk closer to the car. More Rogues

dammit,” the cop

cars. The car 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 that I couldn’t understand to the other cops, then got out his gun and got out

a violent fight. I couldn’t just sit there and hope that the police would fight

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