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
slip my hand into his as I reach him, my
leaving his. “Is it “I gasp.
–
he doesn’t know he came to get
to the front door, which Sinclair throws open.
–
sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a little,
I can see Roger, turning towards her and saying
filling my eyes as I dash towards
myself 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
—
I mutter, angrily
my sister, but well, in this moment, all I care about is that I have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping back and wiping at my eyes, shifting Rafe again so that he’s safely against my chest. “Why didn’t you
all, of course – I made sure to
Cora says, shrugging at me. “We were in the
a charger?”
to stay so long
in the car?”
there wasn’t one –”
I cry, “at a gas
forward and looking into my eyes
I didn’t know you were so worried. We were fine. – we
just wanted to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t think of it.”
–
and wiping my angry
“I can’t lose you, Cora. I was worried
says, putting a warm arm around me. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says, as Roger
over to us. “You’re right we should have called, or texted, or sent a smoke
–
our fault. We were…” she hesitates here, but
smirking smugly at me and sinking his hands into
the two of
Cora blushes –
Blushes?!
mouth drops
a little chagrined but smiling a little at Roger, explains. “The storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t
her a little. “I’m sitting here, for hours, worried to death, and you’re
when I turn to him I see that
for good measure and
awe.
my little shove and closing the distance
to take her hand.
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