Chapter 332 – Bunker

Ella

“We have to go,Sinclair commands, looking at his brother and then at me, both of our eyes trained on him. “To one of the bunkers. Where we’re better prepared for a siege, if need be.”

I don’t know what he means – not entirely – but I just give my mate a single nod, agreeing to his plan, trusting him. Roger nods as well, and I’m sure he knows more about it than I do. Sinclair shifts his gaze to the team standing wide–eyed behind Roger and nods to them. Understanding Sinclair’s command to prepare to move, they turn away, instantly in action.

Roger, however, stays perfectly still. “Cora,” he says, looking into Sinclair’s eyes, his intention perfectly clear. He won’t go without her.

“We’ll find her,” I answer, my voice assured. “She’s coming, Roger. I won’t have it any other way.”

Roger looks between us for a moment, his mouth tightening, and then nods once before turning

to leave the room to make his own preparations.

“Ten minutes!” Sinclair calls after him. “Less, if we can!” I see the back of Roger’s head nod in

understanding, though he doesn’t turn to say anything else.

Then, my mate turns his attention to me, loosening his arms around me and the baby and coming

around to look down into my face. “You’re a mess, little mate,he murmurs, smiling a little.”

Though I have to admit that I rather like the sight of you covered in the blood of your enemies,

“Thanks,” I say, tossing my hair over my shoulder and pretending a casual air I don’t feel. “I hear

it’s the next big thing in fashion. Very chic.”

He laughs a little at my joke and shakes his head at me, but still looks down at me. “Are you all

right, darling?” he asks, and something about his voice – the worry in it, the need for me to be

okay, loosens the resolve in me. I feel my face fall then, my knees go a little weak –

Because, really, I can be weak now with him here. My baby needed me before – I don’t regret a

now to keep

again.

honestly, shaking my head,

eyes, listening. “But I will

and placing a single kiss on my hair: “But

move

zipping myself back up a little and squaring my shoulders as I look my mate up and down. “Um – all this

showers at the bunker,” he says, shaking his head a little bit and looking

worst of it from our faces

we need to pack the essentials and get

laugh a little, heading to Rafe’s changing station with

the little container and handing them to my mate before grabbing some to wipe my own face. “To think, when I bought these,” I murmur, “this is not the

move on quickly, heading together to the closet to

– a bit of our clothing, and Rafe’s,

can

between our arms when the other needs both hands. It is

keep

this horrible day largely unscathed, we are both, I know,

minutes and head for the

is shattered off its

anything else?” Sinclair asks, passing through and not even

of our

I shrug, following close behind him. “But we can improvise,

and turns, taking my hand as we hurry down the

a second.

a backpack over his

they could quickly gather from the investigation.

I murmur, tugging Sinclair into the living room quickly,

us move out of the house.

towards another. There are second cars behind each of these two,

don’t ask about the plan, trusting that Sinclair

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