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.

of the room and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into my

raised to take mine. I slip my hand

leaving his. “Is it “I

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

together, we both stride to

sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a little,

Roger, turning towards her and saying a

filling my eyes as I dash

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 me nonetheless. “Easy, sis!”

baby,” I mutter,

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 eyes, shifting Rafe again so that he’s safely against my

meaning it at all, of course – I made sure to

me. “We were in the

have a

to stay so

cord

wasn’t one

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

my eyes with her own wide

were fine. – we are fine! We

we just wanted to get here quickly. I’m

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

can’t lose you, Cora. I

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

we should

she hesitates here, but Roger

he says, smirking smugly at me and sinking

looking between the two of them. “Distracted

Cora blushes –

Blushes?!

My mouth drops open.

then Cora, a little chagrined but smiling a little at Roger, explains. “The storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather

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

Ella,” Roger quips, and when I turn to him I see that he’s smirking at

good measure and then turning

awe.

Roger says smoothly, ignoring my

to take her

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