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.

and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s face

mine. I slip my hand

leaving his. “Is

realize that he doesn’t know he

together, we both stride to

sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken,

turning towards her and saying a few words before they both open their

tears filling my eyes

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 says, still

the baby,” I

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

of course – I made sure to

at me. “We were in the

you didn’t have a charger?” I

to stay so

cord

there wasn’t

I cry, “at a gas station to buy

my eyes with her own wide

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

wanted to get

have,” I say, sniffing a little and wiping

Cora. I

she says, putting a warm arm around me.

we should have called,

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

says, smirking smugly at me and sinking his

confused, looking between the two of them. “Distracted by

Cora blushes –

Blushes?!

My mouth drops open.

– we stopped…at a little motel. Just to

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

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

Roger for his comment for good measure and then

awe.

together,” Roger says smoothly, ignoring my

to take

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