#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

bottom, a hand raised to take mine. I slip my hand

“Is it “I

realize that he doesn’t know he came to get me before he

stride to the front door, which Sinclair throws

moan of relief, sinking against Sinclair as my knees weaken, just a little,

see Roger, turning towards her and saying a few words before

my eyes as

she laughs, giving me a big smile as I throw myself at her, tossing my arm around her neck. Cora takes too steadying steps backwards at the force of me,

the baby,” I mutter,

have my sister back, safe. “Where were you?” I demand, stepping back and wiping at my

not meaning it at all, of course – I made sure to

shrugging at me. “We were in the storm for a

a charger?” I ask,

to

cord in

wasn’t one

stopped,” I cry, “at a gas station

into my eyes

I didn’t know you were so worried. We were fine.

to get here quickly. I’m

little and wiping my angry

“I can’t lose you, Cora. I

warm arm around me. “I’m sorry, Ella,” she says, as

over to us. “You’re right we should

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

he says, smirking smugly at me

looking between the two of them. “Distracted by

Cora blushes –

Blushes?!

My mouth drops open.

“The storm was bad – we stopped…at a little motel. Just to weather it out.”

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

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

I say, suddenly realizing the implications of this. “Oh my god,” I repeat, taking a step forward to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and then

awe.

my little

to take her

at them, frozen in shock, for so long that Cora’s smile falters on her face and she looks

in my eyes.

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