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
mine. I slip my
his. “Is
–
realize that he doesn’t know he
to the
–
I give a little moan of relief, sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken,
her – I can see Roger, turning towards her and saying a few words before
my eyes as
she laughs, giving me a big smile as I throw myself at her, tossing my arm around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me,
—
baby,” I mutter, angrily
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 call?”
meaning it at all, of course – I made sure
Cora says, shrugging at me. “We were in the storm for a long
you didn’t have a charger?” I
to stay so
charging cord in the
wasn’t one –”
cry, “at a gas
stepping forward and looking into my
worried. We were fine.
we just wanted to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t think of
–
and wiping my angry tears of relief away
you, Cora.
a warm arm around me. “I’m sorry,
over to us. “You’re right we should have
–
We were…” she hesitates here, but Roger finishes for her.
says, smirking smugly at me and sinking his hands into his
I ask, confused, looking between the two
Cora blushes –
Blushes?!
drops open.
storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t
shoving her a little. “I’m sitting here, for hours, worried to death,
him I
the implications of this. “Oh my god,” I repeat, taking a step forward to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning
awe.
says smoothly, ignoring my little shove and
to take her hand.
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