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.

wolf suggests slyly. Sneak off

more than he does. We need to keep moving, and she needs her rest. “Five.” I eventually answer,

this way. Doesn’t she know how delectable she looks?

I don’t regret it – I love seeing my sweet mate squirm with anticipation and desire. She drops

She confirms, flushing. “Though, there is something I need to talk to you

liking the sudden somber note in her silken voice. “What’s that,

talking to Henry, and he offered to

course, we’ll all help you sweetheart. As soon as Damon is dealt

it should wait. I think I need

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

mean you don’t want to let me run off on my own, even though you just did the same thing in

we’re at war. If you want me to even consider letting you out of my sight, you need to give me a damned good reason.” I reply

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

have a mother for more than thirty years. I hate the idea of keeping Ella from anything she wants, especially this, but I can’t abide the thought of her taking even

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

“How far are

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

I exhale, regretting my words. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have suggested that.” I’m desperate to put a smile back on 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

but there’s clear mischief in her expression. “Ha – as if I enjoy having a giant, grumpy wolf bossing me around every second of

hear the way your heart

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