#Chapter 316 – Safe?
Ella
Forty–five minutes later, I back out of the bedroom, snicking the door shut behind me. Then, I
stand up, closing my eyes and exhaling a long breath.
“Is she all right?” a voice hisses, right behind me.
I leap about a foot in the air, managing to muffle my shriek as I spin to see my mate standing
about six inches from me, looking down with a worried expression. I smack him, hard, against the
chest – more to get my adrenaline out than to actually hurt him – and glare up at him, mad at him
for scaring me like that. Sinclair just blinks at me, waiting, my smack having had no effect on him
at all.
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“Back up,” I whisper, putting my hands on his wide, muscled chest and pushing backwards. “She’s
asleep, finally – where is the baby?”
“He’s here,” Roger says, standing at the end of the hall with his godson in his arms. I smile, a little,
at the sight as I move forward with my arms open. Roger quietly pa*ses my baby to me and I smile
down at my son, something in my body that has been anxious without him in the same room as
me finally coming to rest.
“Seriously, Ella,” Sinclair says, looking back towards the closed door of our guest room. “Is Cora
okay?”
“I don’t know,” I say, looking towards the door anxiously. “Leon came back about ten minutes later, offering a sedative so she could sleep. I told him to give it as long as it wouldn’t give her bad
dreams. Or any dreams.”
“Did she…say anything?” Sinclair asks, still facing the door.
I frown up at him, a little annoyed by his singular focus on information. “You know she’s your sister too now, Dominic,” I snap, my own emotions a bit on edge. “You could show a little more concern for her welfare, and not just see her as a source of information.”
Sinclair swiftly turns his attention to me, anger and frustration immediately on his face, but then he softens “I’m sorry, Ella,” he says, sincere. “I didn’t mean it like that. You know her health and safety are my first priority. I was just curious if you learned anything new.”
I sigh, stepping forward closer to my mate, leaning my body against him. “I’m sorry,” I murmur. “I
“You’re tired, and stressed,” he murmurs against my hair. “You haven’t had any sleep in about forty
-eight hours…”
“I’m going in with her,” Roger says suddenly, striding towards the guest room door.
“Wha “I start, but he turns to me with his hand on the knob, giving me a look so fierce it steals
the words from my mouth.
“I’m not going to do anything, Ella,” Roger bites out, his voice stern but with an undercurrent of
strong emotion. “I’m just going to…be there, all right? In case she needs anything. You two go get some sleep,” he says, his face softening. “The house is guarded – Cora will be all right with me.
Just…you need sleep. She needs someone to sit with her. It makes sense. Okay?”
I feel my eyes fill with tears at the sweet sincerity of my brother–in–law and, seeing them, Sinclair wraps an arm around my shoulder. “Come on, trouble,” he murmurs to me, nodding to Roger – who disappears into the bedroom – and guiding me towards our own room. “You’re overwrought – let’s get you down for a nap.”
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“How can I sleep,” I gasp, my voice shaky, wiping a tear from my face. “How can I sleep when someone is coming for my baby – when my sister –”
“You have to sleep,” Sinclair murmurs, ushering Rafe and I into the room and closing the door behind us. Then he takes me by the shoulders and moves me towards the bed, taking the sleeping baby from my arms and placing him in his basinet close to my side of the bed.
“There now,” he says, kneeling down in front of me, which absurdly brings his head basically eye- level with mine. “You trust me, right?” he asks, and, sniffing, I nod vigorously.
“And you know I’d never let anyone hurt or take Rafe, yes?
“Then, sleep, darling,” he says, lifting a hand to my face and gently cupping my cheek. “Because in
sleep so you can be strong for them.”
Nodding to Sinclair and sending a burst of gratitude down our bond, I turn away from my mate and tuck my feet in underneath the blankets, taking the baby with me. “Tonight he sleeps in the bed with us, okay?” I murmur, laying the swaddled baby down flat on the mattress between where Sinclair and I sleep. I move all of the pillows and blankets away from him so he’ll be safe. “I want
eyes, open, meeting mine calmly. “You’re safe, Ella,” he whispers. “We all are. Go to sleep.”
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The last couple of chapters have gotten sloppy, confusing her and him for she/her Sinclair is not a her. Isabel has changed her name to Elizabeth too. Making it hard to read. I’m loving this book, but I hope it goes back to its previous high standard!...