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.
down the stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s face
take mine. I slip my hand into his as
his. “Is it “I
–
doesn’t know he came
stride to the front
–
against
and saying a
filling my eyes as I dash
Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at
—
baby,”
all I care about is that I have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?” I
not meaning it at all, of course – I made
died,” Cora says, shrugging at me. “We were in the storm for a long
you didn’t have a
to stay so
cord in
wasn’t one –”
cry, “at a gas
Cora says, stepping forward and looking into my eyes with her own wide with shock.
worried. We were
the way home, we just wanted to get here quickly.
–
should have,” I say, sniffing a little and wiping
you, Cora. I was worried I
warm arm around
to us. “You’re right we should have called,
–
she hesitates here,
he says, smirking smugly at me and sinking his hands into his
between the two
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 smile
sitting here, for hours, worried to death, and you’re
him I
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.
Roger says smoothly, ignoring my little shove and closing the
Cora to
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