#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

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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

leaving his. “Is it “I

doesn’t know he came to get me before he

both stride to the front door,

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

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

filling my

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, but wraps her arms around me nonetheless. “Easy, sis!” she

baby,” I mutter,

have my sister back, safe. “Where

not meaning it at all, of course – I

at me. “We were in the

have a charger?” I

to stay

cord

there wasn’t

“at a gas station to

says, stepping forward and looking into my eyes with

worried. We were fine. – we are fine! We

we just wanted to get here quickly. I’m sorry I didn’t think of

should have,” I say, sniffing a little and wiping my angry tears

you, Cora. I was worried

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

to us. “You’re right we should

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

smugly at me and sinking his hands into

confused, looking between the two of them.

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 it out.” She doesn’t say anything else but the big smile

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

I turn to him

this. “Oh my god,” I repeat, taking a step forward to shove Roger for his comment for good measure and then turning to

awe.

my little shove and

Cora to take her

at them, frozen in shock, for so long that Cora’s smile falters on

with new worry in my eyes. “Ella,” she starts, “are you

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