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.
pull over. My wolf suggests slyly. Sneak off into the distance and have her do
does. We need to keep moving, and she needs her rest. “Five.” I eventually answer, resisting the urge to
tempting me this way. Doesn’t she
Unintentional or not, I don’t regret it – I love seeing my sweet mate squirm with anticipation and desire. She drops her gaze in submission, and my growl
“Though, there is something
not liking the sudden somber note in her silken voice.
was talking to Henry, and he offered to help track down my mother.” She confesses, sounding
all help you sweetheart.
think it should wait. I think I need to find her
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
run off on my own, even though you just did the
If you want me to even consider letting
glowers at me, “Based on my memory, my mother met the Goddess – she spoke with her and was convinced to give me
thirty years. I hate
mights that could turn the tide in this war.” Ella argues. “Isn’t that worth
ask sharply. “How far are you willing to go for answers? Is finding her important enough to risk our pup? To miss the war you were
this war. I didn’t ask for any of this – the only thing I did ask for was
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 me either.”
scoffs, but there’s clear mischief in her expression. “Ha – as if I enjoy having a giant, grumpy wolf bossing me around every second of
I can hear the way your heart
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