Chapter 121

Trigger Warning: This chapter contains experiences of abuse and s3xual assaultnothing explicit, but please take care reading..

Sinclair

Ella’s small body is completely stiff in my arms, even though we’re in her favorite

place. I’ve only bathed with her once before, but it didn’t take a rocket scientist to

figure out how much she loves a bubble bath. She takes at least four a week, and

when she’s upset I’ve known her to have a bath even after showering. Until I spoke

with Cora about Ella’s self-care practices, I didn’t understand the connection to her

childhood experience of neglect, but now that I know I’m determined never to deprive

her of the comfort even if my water bills go through the roof and the city goes into a

drought.

“Are you ready to talk this out, trouble?” I inquire, resting my hands on her round

tummy and feeling a pulse of stress from the baby. A fresh spark of worry assails me,

and I know that Rafe is channeling his mother’s fraught emotions. Ella doesn’t

respond to my question, and I press on, realizing that the poor little wolf isn’t going to

relax until she knows l’m not going to reject her”

Sweetheart, it never even crossed my mind to end things. I love you

Ella’s muscles tighten further, though I didn’t think such a thing was possible.

“But..She stammers, twisting around to look at me, “but you left!”

Im sorry that I walked out.”I reply gently, grazing my knuckles over her cheek. “But it

wasn’t because I ever had doubts about us.”I share, wondering about my sweet

mate’s reaction. I know some survivors of child abuse view any confrontation as a

disaster or threat, but Ella has weathered my anger in the past without any signs of a

trauma response. “I was angry that you thought you don’t contribute anything to our

wolf lost it when you suggested you couldn’t

of losing you pushed me over the edge, and I needed

continuing.”

I can see her grappling with her emotions. “Dominic, I

end things.” She whispers,

I think maybe I have

Mike’s betrayal and learning

them into

over me, and I gently flip her body the rest of the way

is facing me completely, I snuggle her to my chest, lowering

can straddle

so sorry, baby.” I profess, kissing her head and stroking

were already upset, I

when I’m that angry. The same way I

a fury.

can

“But

far I go or how long I stay away,

you, Ella.”

and her arms tighten

She hiccups, “and I’m sorry I said I couldn’t

weight here. This isn’t the

for you and failed.”

me for a moment.” I order, sliding my finger under her chin

to mine. “First of all you take care of me all the time. You

You keep

You stand up to bullies like the Prince and Lydia, and

don’t want you

nurture and protect. If you

you, I would be a

frowns. “But I didn’t

recalling the terror that

I suggested tying her up. I’ve growled and

over my knee and overpowered her countless times without any

most of the time her wolf responds to my bossiness like a bee

didn’t happen randomly. I accidentally

didn’t I?”

holding Ella’s chin, but her eyes look anywhere

fingers as Ella gives a slight nod, and then

that my heart aches. “Do we have to talk about

her no, promise that she

that wouldn’t help anything. “We’re in

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