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.
of the room and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s face
bottom, a hand raised to take mine. I
leaving his. “Is it “I
–
I realize that he doesn’t
together, we both stride to the front door,
–
little moan of relief, sinking against Sinclair
her – I can see Roger, turning towards her and saying a few words before they both
filling my eyes as I dash towards
Cora takes too steadying steps
—
the baby,” I
safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping back and wiping at my eyes, shifting Rafe again so that he’s safely against my
all, of course – I made sure
at me. “We were
didn’t have a
to
charging cord
wasn’t
stopped,” I cry, “at a gas station
forward and looking into my eyes with her own wide with
you were so worried. We were fine. –
the way home, we just wanted to get here quickly. I’m
–
sniffing a little and wiping my angry tears of relief
you, Cora. I was worried I
around me. “I’m sorry,
come slowly over to us. “You’re right we should have called, or
–
were…” she hesitates here,
he says, smirking smugly at me and
ask, confused, looking between the two of them. “Distracted by
Cora blushes –
Blushes?!
My mouth drops open.
smiling a little at Roger, explains. “The storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t say anything else but the big smile that creeps across her
here, for
sometime, Ella,” Roger quips, and when I turn to him I see that
of this. “Oh my god,” I repeat, taking a step forward to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning to Cora. “Does this mean – are you two –” I’m unable to finish my sentence, my mouth hanging
awe.
Roger says smoothly, ignoring my little shove and
to take
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