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.
the room and pound down the
I slip my hand into
his. “Is it “I
–
that he doesn’t know he came to get me before he
we both stride to the front door, which Sinclair throws
–
of relief, sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a little, as
Roger, turning towards her and saying a few words before they both open their doors and climb
filling my eyes as I dash towards
Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but wraps her arms around me nonetheless. “Easy, sis!” she says, still
—
baby,” I mutter,
my sister, but well, in this moment, all I care about is that I have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping back and wiping at my eyes, shifting Rafe again so that he’s safely
course – I made sure to hold
you didn’t have a charger?”
plan to stay
charging cord in the
there wasn’t one
stopped,” I cry, “at a gas station
into my eyes with her
so worried. We were fine. – we
wanted to get here quickly.
–
and wiping my angry tears of
you, Cora. I was
around me. “I’m sorry,
right we should
–
were…” she hesitates here, but Roger
at me and sinking his hands into his
the two of them. “Distracted by
Cora blushes –
Blushes?!
My mouth drops open.
“The storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t say anything else but the big
a little. “I’m sitting here, for hours, worried to
should try it sometime, Ella,” Roger quips, and when I turn to him I see that he’s smirking at me
“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 –”
awe.
ignoring my little shove and closing
to
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