Chapter 327 – Back to the Real World
Ella
I’m sitting anxiously by Rafe’s basinet, watching him sleep, while my mind wanders impatiently
elsewhere. It’s been twenty–four hours since we heard from Cora and Roger and I feel, just a tiny
little bit, that every passing minute is a knife in my heart.
Where is my sister? I wonder to myself, sighing as I look down at my baby and honestly barely
seeing him. 1
It’s okay, my wolf says to me, rubbing her body warmly against my poor aching heart, nuzzling
me with her snout. Roger will take care of her – I know it. He can’t not.
But what if he couldn’t, I think anxiously, my mind turning inevitably to that freak storm that
they hit – the storm which separated them from their guards, which seemed….just, too precise.
Too convenient. To perfect to be coincidence. What if the cult trapped them? And hurt them both?
I wail, inwardly, my wolf giving in a little and sitting back on her haunches to raise her nose to the
sky and howl a little along with me. She still believes, but she’s overwhelmed, a little, by my
despair, even though inwardly she keeps the faith.
“Ella!” I hear Sinclair shout from downstairs. I jump a little, turning towards the door, but I freeze,
not allowing myself to hope. If it was bad news – he wouldn’t be shouting from downstairs –
But something very urgent could be happening so he can’t come up –
“Ella!” he calls again. “Come down! There’s a car in the drive!”
I gasp, leaning down to quickly scoop Rafe up into my arms. He gives a little half–hearted cry of
protest and I know that I should leave him here to sleep more – but damn it, with the cult out
there looking for him, there’s no way I’m leaving him out of one of his parents‘ sight for an instant.
Not until I know he’s safe.
I dash out of the room and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s face as he
bottom, a hand raised to take mine. I slip my
leaving his. “Is
–
he doesn’t know he came to
so, together, we both stride to the front door, which
–
I give a little moan of relief, sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a little, as
her and saying a
tears filling my eyes as I dash towards
at her, tossing my arm around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but wraps her arms around me nonetheless. “Easy, sis!” she says,
—
I
back, safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping
not meaning it at all, of course – I made sure to hold Rafe to
Cora says, shrugging at me. “We were in the storm for a
you didn’t have a charger?” I
didn’t plan to
charging cord in the car?”
wasn’t
I cry, “at a gas station to
and looking into my
fine. – we are fine! We didn’t want to stop
on the way home, we just wanted to get here quickly.
–
I say, sniffing a little and wiping my angry tears of relief away
you, Cora.
around me. “I’m
us. “You’re right we should have called, or texted, or sent a
–
It’s our fault. We were…” she hesitates here, but Roger finishes for
smirking smugly at me and sinking his hands into
the two of them.
Cora blushes –
Blushes?!
drops open.
to weather it out.” She doesn’t say anything else but the big smile that creeps across her face
“I’m sitting here, for hours, worried to death, and you’re
turn to him I see that he’s smirking at me
Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning to Cora. “Does this mean – are you two –” I’m unable to finish my sentence, my mouth hanging open in
awe.
says smoothly, ignoring my little shove and closing the distance
and Cora to
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