hapter 204 – Boom
Sinclair
“Where are you now?” Ella asks, her beautiful face looking up at me from my phone screen.
“We’re headed to the Storm Forest pack, but we’ve got quite a few hours on the road before we get there.” I sigh, wishing we hadn’t needed Gabriel’s planes for the refugees, so that we might have flown these long distances.
“Storm Forest.” Ella murmurs, her eyes lighting up, “Does that mean you’re going to get to see some trees at last?”
Chuckling, I turn my phone towards the window, so she can see the rolling salt flats flying by in the distance. “No, unfortunately they chose their name to honor the ancestral lands they left before coming to the hidden territories. I’m afraid that the only trees here are the ones planted in Gabriel’s gardens.”
Ella’s face falls, and her lips form an adorable pout, just begging to be kissed. “I don’t know how they can stand it.”
“My poor little forest wolf.” I purr in sympathy, “our dream forest isn’t enough, is it?”
She shakes her head. “It’s not the same, just like being with you there isn’t the same as being with you in reality.”
“I know, baby.” I share honestly, “I feel it too.” I don’t add that it drives me crazy; that getting to hold her and love her in that secret place only our wolves can find, is nothing compared to actually having her with me. Every morning I wake up aching for her – in more ways than one.
“How many days?” Ella asks, giving me a sultry look that tells me she knows exactly how badly I’m longing for her. How I wish I wasn’t in the back of a car surrounded by my men, and that she wasn’t currently cuddled up with the pups in the nursery.
over. My wolf suggests slyly. Sneak off
We need to keep moving, and she needs her rest. “Five.” I eventually
head, Naughty mate, tempting me this way. Doesn’t she know how delectable she looks? It should be illegal to have such
– I love seeing my sweet mate squirm with
She confirms, flushing. “Though, there is something I need to talk to
I ask, not liking the sudden somber note
and he offered to help track down my
we’ll all help you sweetheart. As soon as Damon is
“I don’t think it should wait. I think I need to find
wants to do it alone. My wolf positively rails against this idea, and I’m not any happier about it. Still, I don’t want to shut her down without consideration for her feelings. “Ella, are you sure that this is what we need, and not simply what you want?” I ask. “I understand that you feel compelled to find her, but I have to tell you that I
own, even though you just did the same thing in the name of duty.” Ella
even consider letting
in the car, but not my defiant mate. She simply glowers at me, “Based on my memory, my mother met the Goddess – she spoke with her and was convinced to give me up. I think there’s a chance
and mights, little one.” I reply gently, trying to keep in mind that she’s been waiting to have a mother for more than thirty years. I hate the idea
the tide in this war.” Ella argues. “Isn’t that
it will take months to find her?” I ask sharply. “How far are you willing to go for answers? Is
born to fight this war. I didn’t ask for any of this – the only thing I did ask for was our baby, I
see in her eyes, but which our distance keeps me from feeling
her expression. “Ha – as if I enjoy having a giant, grumpy wolf bossing me
trouble, but remember I can hear the
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