Novel Storm
Chapter 188
Chapter 188
#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.
The 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 This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - ©.
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 free and knocked Kelly out. Hopefully, we would arrive to find both Ella and Moana safe, and
Kelly restrained so she couldn’t cause anymore trouble.
What surprised me, though, was the obvious lack of a struggle. Neither Moana nor Ella’s room seemed
to have anything out 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, the latter was preferable in some ways, at least for Ella; I would have
preferred if she could have just been magically asleep for everything so that it wouldn’t haunt her later.
But deep down, I logically knew that that wasn’t going to be the case.
The squad of 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 before we finally arrived at the entrance of the
Rogue district.
“You ready?” the cop who was driving asked me as we drove into the darker part of town, where
Rogues lined the streets and stared at us as we drove past. I nodded grimly, just trying not to look out
the windows too much in case any of the Rogues got pissed off and decided to attack.
As we drove, the streets began to get narrower and darker. The cop had a map on his console with the
location that Kelly’s call came from pinged on it, and as we got closer, it felt as though the tall buildings
were caving in on us. The darker the Rogue district became, the heavier and more sickening it felt. On
either side of the street, I could see Rogues wandering aimlessly. They looked at the cop cars with
suspicion, and I knew that if we ran into the wrong group of Rogues, they could easily block us off in
these narrow streets.
And, eventually, that was exactly what happened.
Up ahead, a group of Rogues came out of an alleyway and blocked the street.
“s**t,” the cop murmured. He pulled out his radio and contacted the other cars behind us. “Looks like
we’ve got a Code Purple up here,” he said. “I’m gonna slow down and see if they move.”
The cop slowed down, but the Rogues didn’t 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 car to address the Rogues.
“Move out of the way,” he said firmly. “We need to pass. This is an emergency.”
But even then, the Rogues didn’t move out of the way. In fact, they only began to walk closer to the car.
More Rogues came out of the alleyway then, and by that point there were at least ten, maybe even
twenty of them blocking all exits.
“God dammit,” the cop said.
Suddenly, all of the Rogues shifted at once and descended on the line of 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 of the car.
Gunshots fired all through the alleyway. The Rogues and the police erupted into a violent fight. 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 shift.
As I shifted, several Rogues circled around me and began to snarl and claw at me. I clawed back with
more intensity, slamming myself into their sides and sending them flying with a chorus of yelps while
gunshots rang all around me. Another Rogue came, this one bigger, and bared his teeth at me.
“Who paid you?” I asked, snarling back at him.
The Rogue’s voice echoed in my head. He was laughing. “I’ll never tell,” he replied. “But I’ll say this: it’ll
just be easier if you lay down and accept your fate.”
I stifled my own laugh. “Like hell I will,” I responded. Then, in one quick movement, I darted forward
and collided with the large Rogue. We grappled on the ground for several long moments, rolling back
and forth in a ball of claws and teeth. At one point, I managed to pin him to the ground and snapped my
teeth at his throat.
But he got his legs under me somehow and kicked me off, throwing me back against the brick wall of a
building. I felt the air get knocked out of my lungs as I got slammed into the wall, but I wasted no time in
scrambling back to my feet and making another charge at him.
As I fought the Rogue, I only kept one thing in my mind: Moana’s and Ella’s faces. I pictured their
smiles when I would come to their rescue, and that was what helped me to fight. It filled me with
strength, and with one final surge of power, I managed to clamp my teeth around the Rogue’s neck and
throw him so hard against a wall that I heard a sickening crunch, and then he fell silent.
Around me, gunshots continued to ring out as the police fought against the remaining Rogues. With a
nod to the police chief, I charged at another large Rogue and placed a deep gash in his side with my
claws, causing him to fall to the ground with a whimper. Amidst all of the chaos, a few more Rogues fell
to the ground as bullets pierced their flesh and fur. I shifted back just as a path was cleared, and the
cops and I jumped back into the cars and sped off with a chorus of screeching tires.
I’m coming, Moana, I thought to myself as I gripped the car dashboard while the cop sped through the
narrow street, knocking more Rogues out of the way with the car. I’m coming, Ella. Daddy’s coming.