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.

My wolf suggests slyly. Sneak off into the

more than he does. We need to keep moving, and she needs her rest. “Five.” I eventually answer, resisting the urge to adjust my trousers. “Five more days

Naughty mate, tempting me this way. Doesn’t she

I love seeing my sweet mate squirm with anticipation and desire. She drops her gaze in submission, and my growl turns to a

is something

ask, not liking the sudden somber

to Henry, and he offered to help

softens, “Of course, we’ll all help you sweetheart. As soon as Damon is dealt with, we’ll find

Ella admits with a grimace. “I don’t think it should wait. I think I need to find her as

blank as I absorb this information. She hasn’t said it, but I understand she’s talking about another separation. There’s no way I can go searching with her, which means she 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,

my own, even though you just did the same thing in the

mean you’re entering the final stage of your pregnancy and we’re at war. If you want me to even consider letting you out of my sight, you need

shudders through the other men in the car, but not my defiant mate. She simply glowers at me, “Based on my memory, my mother met the Goddess – she spoke

keep in mind that she’s been waiting to have a mother for more than thirty years. I hate the idea of keeping

maybes and mights that could turn the tide in this war.” Ella argues. “Isn’t that worth finding out,

will take months to find her?” I ask sharply. “How far are you willing to go for answers? Is finding her important enough to

didn’t ask to be born to fight this war. I didn’t ask for any of

her face – to ease the pain I can see in her eyes, but which our distance keeps me from feeling through the bond. “You didn’t ask for me either.” I remind her with a

expression. “Ha – as if I enjoy having a giant, grumpy wolf bossing me around every second of

but remember I can hear

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