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

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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.

and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into

a hand raised to take mine. I slip my hand into his as I reach him,

his. “Is it

realize that he doesn’t know he came to get me

stride to the front door, which

sinking against Sinclair as my knees

her and saying a few words before they both open their

filling my

at her, tossing my arm around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but wraps her arms around me nonetheless. “Easy, sis!” she

the baby,”

that I have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping back and wiping

course – I made sure to hold

me. “We were in the storm

you didn’t have a charger?” I

didn’t plan to stay

cord in the

wasn’t one –”

have stopped,” I cry, “at a gas station to buy

my eyes with her own wide

I didn’t know you were so worried. We were fine. – we are fine! We didn’t want to

to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t think

say, sniffing a little and wiping my angry

you, Cora. I was worried I

a warm arm around me. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says, as Roger

over to us. “You’re right we should have called, or texted,

were…” she hesitates here, but

smirking smugly at me

the

Cora blushes –

Blushes?!

My mouth drops open.

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

shoving her a little. “I’m sitting here, for hours,

to him I see that he’s smirking at me again. “There’s

to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning to Cora. “Does this mean – are you two –” I’m unable to

awe.

ignoring my little

to take her

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