Chapter 316 Safe?

Ella

Forty–five minutes later, I back out of the bedroom, snicking the door shut behind me. Then, I

stand up, closing my eyes and exhaling a long breath.

“Is she all right?” a voice hisses, right behind me.

I leap about a foot in the air, managing to muffle my shriek as I spin to see my mate standing

about six inches from me, looking down with a worried expression. I smack him, hard, against the

chest – more to get my adrenaline out than to actually hurt him – and glare up at him, mad at him

for scaring me like that. Sinclair just blinks at me, waiting, my smack having had no effect on him

at all.

“Back up,” I whisper, putting my hands on his wide, muscled chest and pushing backwards. “She’s

asleep, finally – where is the baby?

“He’s here,” Roger says, standing at the end of the hall with his godson in his arms. I smile, a little,

at the sight as I move forward with my arms open. Roger quietly passes my baby to me and I smile

down at my son, something in my body that has been anxious without him in the same room as

me finally coming to rest.

“Seriously, Ella,” Sinclair says, looking back towards the closed door of our guest room. “Is Cora

okay?

about ten minutes later, offering a sedative so she could sleep. I told him

dreams. Or any dreams.”

Sinclair asks,

annoyed by his singular focus on information. “You know she’s your sister too now, Dominic,” I snap, my own emotions

face, but then he softens “I’m sorry, Ella,” he says, sincere. “I didn’t mean it like that. You know her health and safety are my first priority. I was just curious

my mate, leaning my body against him. “I’m sorry,” I murmur.

hair. “You haven’t had any sleep in about

-eight hours…”

with her,” Roger says suddenly, striding towards

to me with his hand on the knob,

from

do anything, Ella,” Roger bites out, his voice

anything. You two go get some sleep,” he says, his face softening. “The house is guarded – Cora

sleep. She needs someone to sit with

with tears at the sweet sincerity of my brother–in–law and, seeing them, Sinclair wraps an arm around my shoulder. “Come on, trouble,” he murmurs to me, nodding

my voice shaky, wiping a tear from my face. “How can I sleep when someone is coming for my baby – when my

into the room and closing the door behind us. Then he takes me by the shoulders and moves me towards the bed, taking the sleeping baby from my arms and placing him in

to my surprise – beginning to undress me, tugging my shirt up over my head and arms and then sitting me down on the mattress, tugging off my leggings. When I’m in my underwear he leaves me for a moment, disappearing into the closet and returning with a soft nightgown, which he slides gently over my head. That done, he

me, which absurdly brings his head basically eye- level with mine. “You trust me, right?” he asks, and,

you know I’d never let anyone hurt or take Rafe,

Again, I nod.

darling,” he says, lifting a hand to my face and gently cupping my cheek. “Because

you can be

is talking to me like a child, and resents it, but a larger part of me…god, it needs it. It

bed with us, okay?” I murmur, laying the swaddled baby down flat on the mattress between where Sinclair and I sleep. I

him close.”

Sinclair murmurs, stripping down to his underwear and

Rafe softly on

on the pillow.

almost fall asleep when, scared, I open my eyes again, looking around. But all I see

Ella,”

comforted,

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