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 stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s

bottom, a hand raised to take mine. I slip my hand into

leaving his. “Is it

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

stride to

relief, sinking against

towards her and

cry, tears filling my eyes as

I throw myself at her, tossing my arm around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but wraps her arms around

baby,”

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

not meaning it at all, of course – I made sure to hold Rafe

phones died,” Cora says, shrugging at me. “We were

didn’t have a

didn’t plan to stay so

charging cord

there wasn’t

cry, “at a gas station

my eyes with her own wide with

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

just wanted to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t

little and wiping my angry tears of relief

can’t lose you, Cora. I was worried I

says, putting a warm arm around me. “I’m sorry,

“You’re right we should have called, or texted, or sent a smoke

We were…” she hesitates

he says, smirking smugly at me and sinking his hands into

looking between the two of them. “Distracted

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 say anything else but the big smile that creeps across her face then

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

it sometime, Ella,” Roger quips, and when I turn to him I

good measure and then turning to Cora. “Does this mean – are

awe.

Roger says smoothly, ignoring my little shove

and Cora to

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