Chapter 191: Bullet in the Chamber

Edrick

We finally located the place where Kelly called us from. It was a run-down abandoned warehouse nestled deeply into the Rogue district, where it was so dark that even the lights of the city from afar couldn’t brighten the place. Behind the warehouse were hundreds of stacked storage containers where the shipping boats came up the river and picked up shipments, but other than that there was nothing else; no people, no houses, no cars. Nothing. Long story short, it was the perfect place for a crime like this to be carried out.

The police quietly surrounded the warehouse and got out, drawing their guns. I wanted to feel relieved, but I couldn’t yet until we were certain that Moana and my daughter were safe.

When we burst in through the door, however, my heart sank. What I saw inside of that warehouse was my worst nightmare.

Ethan, my evil half brother, was holding a gun to Moana’s head.

“Put the gun down!” the police yelled, pointing their guns at Ethan as we burst in. “Get down on the ground!”

Ethan didn’t waver. In a swift motion, he swung around and stood behind Moana with his arm around her neck and the gun to her head. I could see the fear in her wide eyes, and I wanted so badly to run to her. That sick f**k had her tied up in a chair, and beside her my daughter was also tied up. Ella appeared to

the trigger and causing the cops to freeze. “I’ve already got a bullet

sight of Ethan holding a gun to my mate’s head. I wanted to rip him to shreds, but I knew that I couldn’t. I needed to be tactful about this if I

hands up in surrender and trying not to show my

the safety off on his gun. I held my arm out to

said. “No one

laugh began to rumble in my half brother’s throat. His eyes, which were usually masked by the fake charm that he used to manipulate people, revealed his true self now. Cold, calculating, and twisted. I always wanted to believe that he wasn’t born like that, that it wasn’t entirely his fault that he was so messed up, but I couldn’t help but think that he was just

laughter. “You work fast. I’ll

doing this?” I asked. “What do you want? What’s

you could just face the pain of losing them,” he said grimly. “But now that you’re here, and now that I’m looking at your stupid f*****g face, I do want to tell you

said, “enlighten

Ethan, I knew how horrific it was for him to find his mother after she had killed herself. I never thought that anyone should ever have to go through that. “Either way, it doesn’t matter. Because that day, I decided that I would make you and

temple. I watched in horror as she shut her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek while she trembled, and I held my hands up in surrender again. “Why, Ethan? I’m sorry about your mother. I really am. But what does her death have to do with Moana, or

tried not to show any indication that I saw her,

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