#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 pa*sing 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.
I dash out of the room and pound down the stairs, looking anxiously into my mate’s face as he
take mine. I slip my hand
his. “Is it
–
he doesn’t know he came to get
to the
–
little moan of relief, sinking against Sinclair as my
see Roger, turning towards her and saying a few words before they
filling my eyes as I
around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me, but wraps
—
the baby,”
sister back, safe. “Where
meaning it at all, of course –
phones died,” Cora says, shrugging at me. “We were in the storm for a
didn’t have a charger?” I ask,
to
cord in
wasn’t one
“at a gas station
into my
were fine. – we are fine! We didn’t want to
home, we just wanted to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t
–
I say, sniffing a little and wiping my angry tears of relief
Cora.
arm around me. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she
over to us. “You’re right we should have called, or texted, or sent
–
our fault. We were…” she hesitates
smirking smugly at me and sinking his hands
looking between the two
Cora blushes –
Blushes?!
My mouth drops open.
a little motel. Just to weather it out.” She doesn’t say anything else but the
sitting here, for hours, worried to death, and you’re out there having
when I turn to him
taking a step forward to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning to Cora. “Does this mean – are you
awe.
says smoothly, ignoring my little shove and closing the distance
Cora to take her
in shock, for so long that Cora’s smile falters on her face and she looks
my eyes. “Ella,”
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