Chatper 69
Chapter 69
“Now? Have they arrived at the border already?” Daran snapped.
“No, not the border.“.
The guard looked horrified.
“They attacked Fox Town earlier this evening, which is only about 50 miles from here! The whole village
was burnt down to the ground…Alpha, you have got to cand take a look!”
Jwidened her eyes in shock.
…How was this even possible?
How did the rouges cross the border without anyone noticing and cthis far into their territory?
Most importantly, the timing was super suspicious.
They were just about to send out their advance force to the border. Yet the rogues acted before they
did and ambushed their village first.
Did the rogues know where they planned to deploy troops?
…Had anyone been feeding information to the rogues?
That thought sent a chill down Janet’s spine.
“Janet!”
Daran cried and snapped Jback to reality.
“I need to go down to the Fox Town immediately,” he said.
“I am coming with you!” Jhissed.
Daran frowned. He dashed out of the office with Jfollowing on his heels. When they reached the
ground floor, Daran said to her hastily, “Gather your best men and meetat Fox Town. Be careful!”
“You too.”
Jhurried down the stairs and rushed into the night.
She called Balvina first, asking her to assemble their soldiers. Balvina sounded sleepy at first. But she
jerked wide awake when Jtold her what happened.
“Rogues at Fox Town?! Tonight?” she cried with the rustling sound of clothes in her background. She
was getting dressed at the stime, “But how is this possible-
“It bafflestoo.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJran across the empty training field and arrived at the warehouse, wrenching the door open. She
put the phone between her face and her shoulder and started grabbing weapons.
“Listen to me. Gather a team and meetat the north gate in 5 minutes. We are coming with Alpha
Daran to Fox Town. Be quick!”
“You got it!” Balvina hung up the phone.
Jgathered enough supplies for a team of 10 and rushed back out. When she made it to the
outside of the training field, she bumped right into someone coming her way.
It was Glen.
“Janet!” he gasped astonishedly, “I just cback from the bar and saw the warehouse’s light was
on…What happened?!”
“The rogues attacked us. In Fox Town.” Jsaid hastily.
“WHAT? How did
“I don’t have tto explain! Just tell Steven and Jeff about this. And cwith us if you will!” Janet
cried and rushed away.
Balvina and the team arrived at the North Gate at the stas Janet. They each grabbed a
weapon, shifted into wolves, and started heading toward Fox Town.
Janet’s heart was pounding wildly as she dashed across the dark forest with her soldiers. Her heart
was filled with worries and anxiety.
A small part of her kept hoping that this wasn’t real. That rogues didn’t just sneak up to them and attack
their village. And that everything was simply a mixed–up…
-Till she smelt the burning smell in the air.
“Gamma Janet! Look!” Kass gasped behind her back.
Jdidn’t need him to remind her of what was happening in the distance it was quite hard to miss.
Flames could be seen rising through the top of the forest, painting the dark sky into scarlet red. They
could already hear the sound of people screaming, wolves howling and houses crashing down in fire.
The temperature kept rising as they approached. When they finally arrived, the place had already
turned into a hell of heat and blazing fire.
Hard to recognize that this place used to be a small and peaceful village.
“Gamma, what do we do?” Balvina gasped.
“You take 5 people to put down the fire and rescue the injured,” Jsaid urgently. “The rest come
with me. Look for any signs of the rogues!”
“Yes!”
They split up.
Jrushed down the road with her eyes searching for suspicious figures. But anywhere she looked,
she saw nothing but ruins and ashes.
It was like the rogues had vanished in thin air.
“Gamma!” Kass called right behind her, “There is someone in that house!”
The roof of the house had fallen down because of the fire. And weak groans were coming out of the
ruins.
Jcto help Kass. Together they lifted the roof and pulled a man out of it. “Sir! Can you hear
me?” Jknelt down by his side and asked, “Where are the rogues? Have you seen them?”
But the man seemed traumatized. He covered his face and kept screaming in fear, “Don’t…No–Please
don’t kill me–I am begging you!”
“It’s OK. You are safe now. Just tellwhere the rogues are…”
“I–I don’t know! Stop torturing me! Please I am begging you!” the men wailed hysterically.
Jsighed and said to one of his soldiers, “Take him to Balvina. Treat his wounds and keep him
safe.”
The soldier nodded and carried the man away.
Jand Kass continued their searches. One by one, they rescued nearly 20 people from the fire, but
none of them could tell where exactly the rogues were.
These people were either scared as hell or injured too severely to say anything.
As frustrated as Jwas, she couldn’t blthem.
These people spent their whole lives living in a peaceful small town, which was not. far away from the
packhouse.
Who would have thought the rogues would attack a place like this?
A while later, Glen and his men arrived.
“Janet!” he cried running towards her, “Any sign of the rogues?”
“Not yet. These bastards vanished in thin air!” Jsnarled.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“F**k. What do we do then? Shall we draw back? The wind tonight is helping with the fire. Maybe we
should focus on treating the injured first!”
Jhesitated, clenching her fists in frustration.
She knew that Glen was probably right.
But she didn’t want to give up looking for rogues just yet.
There was only one answer to all these questions- Somebody was helping the rogues from the inside.
If she let this go now, she would never find out who the mole was. And they would definitely face
another bigger defeat in the near future.
Making up her mind, Jturned to Glen and said, “I am going into the woods to chase after them.”
Glen froze.
A horrified look appeared on his face.
“Janet, you are not saying that…”
“It is too early to make any conclusion. But I am going into the woods!” Jsnapped.
“But to which direction? The forest extends up to 20 miles on all sides. You can’t finish searching the
place in time!”
Jbit her lips anxiously.
Glen was right again.
She didn’t have a clue about where she should go. The rogue’s scent was covered by the strong smell
of fire. And their trials disguised by ashes.
Should she pick a random direction?
Let her gut lead her?
Just then, a distant howling interrupted her line of thoughts.
It was a very strange howling, different from the kind that Jand her kind spoke, like a foreign tone.
“It was the rogues!” Glen gasped in excitement, “But what does it mean? Does anyone speak the
rogue’s language?”
“To the West!” said Kass abruptly.
Kass was standing behind Janet’s back the whole time. He looked up to the other now and said in an
urgent tone:
“This rogue was calling out to his fellows, asking them to meet him at the creek down the West. We
should follow them now!”