Ella

I scream at the top of my lungs – no words, just senseless agony – the moment the woman turns the corner and I lose sight of my child. The sound is horrible even to my own ears, but I can’t stop myself as I hurl myself against the ice that holds me, against which I ceaselessly fight.

A nurse stumbles into view, blood running down the length of her face, and she glances into the room where Hank is crumpled on the floor – where I’m frozen to the ground and gives a little sob before continuing to run away

Away from the priestess, who must be hurting people in her hurry to get out I stop screaming quiet suddenly when I see Hank twitch once again on the floor, see him begin to push to his feet-

“Hank!” I shout, desperate. “Please, Hank!”

He moans a little and turns to me, blinking hard, but then he gasps as he seems to put it all back together. Ella!” he shouts, frantic, turning to me, looking all around –

“No!” I gasp, looking hard towards the door, hoping to hell he takes my meaning. “Go! She she took him! She took Rafe! Go and get the baby!”

Hank nods once and forces himself to unsteady feet and then rushes to the door, pushing himself out of it. And then I lose sight of him and let out a little desperate wail of horror. Because there’s – there’s nothing I can do-

And the ice that surrounds me, it’s burning me in its cold – and I’m shivering so hard here beneath it but held so completely still that I can’t even feel myself shake-

Desperate, wailing, in complete panic, I press my eyes shut and try to think of something of anything that I can do

But there’s nothing. I’m held still – my son has been stolen 1 my sister is wounded in the next room – mate is out on some mission that I know, in my heart, can’t be going well if Xander was this many steps ahead of us

There’s nothing nothing I can do – And so, sobbing, I do the only thing I can think of.

into that state, and scream

Sinclair

the dignity of utterance. After

still, the idea of Ella in danger somewhere, with Rafe

have any idea how I’ll be of any use to them when I get here. And I

back to the city, back to the clinic – and I force myself

that Ella told us in her text

It’s what our father would want

he got Ella, and Cora, and Rafe out through the trap door – but damn it, why had I been so short sighted in my design? Why hadn’t I made

see that we’re approaching the clinic. ” Dominic, what’s the plan here? Are we

building dashes a robed figure,

running with him. And as Roger pulls the car to a short stop and throws it in park,

cries reach my ears,

anything at all – a second figure dashes out after the Priestess, chasing after her, demanding that she give

go red when I see

Hank.

instantly to my knees as my body gives out on me – as my

asphalt, willing myself to concentrate, to

all I can do to watch as a snarl rips from Roger, as he dashes towards the Priestess and Hank,

from the air, pulling Rafe soundly to his chest

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