Chapter 204 – Boom

Sinclair

“Where are you now?” Ella asks, her beautiful face looking up at me from my phone screen.

“We’re headed to the Storm Forest pack, but we’ve got quite a few hours on the road before we get there.” I sigh, wishing we hadn’t needed Gabriel’s planes for the refugees, so that we might have flown these long distances.

“Storm Forest.” Ella murmurs, her eyes lighting up, “Does that mean you’re going to get to see some trees at last?”

Chuckling, I turn my phone towards the window, so she can see the rolling salt flats flying by in the distance. “No, unfortunately they chose their name to honor the ancestral lands they left before coming to the hidden territories. I’m afraid that the only trees here are the ones planted in Gabriel’s gardens.”

Ella’s face falls, and her lips form an adorable pout, just begging to be kissed. “I don’t know how they can stand it.”

“My poor little forest wolf.” I purr in sympathy, “our dream forest isn’t enough, is it?”

She shakes her head. “It’s not the same, just like being with you there isn’t the same as being with you in reality.”

“I know, baby.” I share honestly, “I feel it too.” I don’t add that it drives me crazy; that getting to hold her and love her in that secret place only our wolves can find, is nothing compared to actually having her with me. Every morning I wake up aching for her – in more ways than one.

“How many days?” Ella asks, giving me a sultry look that tells me she knows exactly how badly I’m longing for her. How I wish I wasn’t in the back of a car surrounded by my men, and that she wasn’t currently cuddled up with the pups in the nursery.

could pull over. My wolf suggests slyly. Sneak off into the distance and have her do the

he does. We need to keep moving, and she needs her rest. “Five.” I eventually answer, resisting the urge to adjust my

tempting me this way. Doesn’t she know how delectable

growled aloud. Unintentional or not, I don’t regret it – I love seeing my sweet mate squirm with anticipation and desire. She drops her gaze

flushing. “Though, there is something

ask, not liking the sudden somber note in her silken voice.

to Henry, and he offered to help track

heart softens, “Of course, we’ll all help you sweetheart. As soon as Damon is dealt with, we’ll find

with a grimace. “I don’t think it should wait. I think I need to find her as

keep my face blank as I absorb this information. She hasn’t said it, but I understand she’s talking about another separation. There’s no way I can go searching with her, which means she wants to do it alone. My wolf positively rails against this idea, and I’m not any happier about it. Still, I don’t want to shut her down without consideration for her feelings. “Ella, are you sure that this is what we need, and not simply what you want?” I ask. “I understand that you feel compelled to find her, but I have to tell you that I don’t like the idea of rushing it

though you just did the same thing

to even consider letting you out of my sight, you need to give

sends shudders through the other men in the car, but not my defiant mate. She simply glowers at me, “Based on my memory, my mother met the Goddess – she spoke with her and was convinced to give

waiting to have a mother for more than thirty years. I hate the idea of keeping

tide in

follow? Somewhere so far away that it will take months to find her?” I ask sharply. “How far are you willing to go for answers? Is finding

voice. “I didn’t ask to be born to fight this war. I didn’t ask for any of this – the only thing I did ask for was our baby,

my words. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have suggested that.” I’m desperate to put a smile back on her face – to ease the pain I can see in her eyes, but which our distance keeps me from feeling through the bond. “You didn’t ask for me

but there’s clear mischief in her expression. “Ha – as if I enjoy having a giant, grumpy wolf bossing me around every second of every

you want, trouble, but remember I can hear the way your

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