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.

dash out of the room and pound down the

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

“Is

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

both stride to the front door, which

moan of relief, sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a little,

see Roger, turning towards her and saying

cry, tears filling my eyes as I dash

me a big smile as I throw myself at her, tossing my arm around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but

baby,” I mutter,

is that I have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?”

course – I made sure to hold Rafe

“We

have a charger?” I ask,

plan to stay

charging cord

there wasn’t

cry, “at a gas station to buy

forward and looking into my eyes with her

worried. We were fine. – we are fine! We didn’t want to

get here quickly. I’m sorry

you should have,” I say, sniffing a little and wiping

lose you, Cora. I was

around me. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she

we should have called, or texted,

fault. We were…” she hesitates here, but Roger finishes for

me and

I ask, confused, looking between the two of them.

Cora blushes –

Blushes?!

My mouth drops open.

explains. “The storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t

little. “I’m sitting here, for hours, worried to death, and you’re

sometime, Ella,” Roger quips, and when I turn to him I see that he’s smirking at me again. “There’s nothing

Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning to

awe.

together,” Roger says smoothly, ignoring my little shove and closing the distance

to take

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