Ella As soon as the boat pulls up to the dock, I’m by the gangplank, eagerly waiting for the sailors to lower it. One of my hands rests on the underside of my swollen belly, holding my child close. The doctor that Sinclair assigned to come with us examined me the moment we stepped foot onboard aft
But if I do this right, if I can get there…damn it, but I can make a difference. I caught a little sleep on the boat on the way here. My anxiety kept it light, kept me from the dream state that would have allowed me to speak to Sinclair if he, too, were dreaming. It was a huge disappointment, not t
Ella We dash across the square, my hand clasped in Cora’s, adrenaline moving my legs for me even despite the face that I don’t have the strength for it. As we run, debris and smoke fly around us. The humans are pressing their advantage, shelling the center of the city with abandon after they heard
But then, very suddenly, I feel that tug. The one behind my ribcage. The one tied to him. Ella? My eyes fly open as I gasp and I cry out. “Dominic!” I shout, my eyes frantically searching the square for him. “What?” Cora pants, looking around, frantic. “What is it? Is he here?” “He’s here,” I
Ella The power comes slow, at first, and I feel like a dry terracotta pot into which the first drips of rain begin to fall. But then, as my body beings to take in the power, to soak it up like thirsty clay, the power starts to fall into me like a summer storm. It soaks every bit of me, splashing a
I wrench my eyes open, then, and look down at myself, at my legs – Blood – blood everywhere – Oh my god. I rip my eyes back to Cora’s face. “Cora,” I demand. “Cora, take it.” “Ella!” I hear his voice as I plead with my sister, hear it somewhere across the square, but I can’t look now – She’
Sinclair I roar as I stumble through the doors of the hospital, my bleeding mate clutched in my arms. Everyone in the emergency room freezes - doctors, nurses, patients. Everyone. The noise that comes from me is unending, a demand, a plea, a threat. I am halfway between states now – my eyes fill
The professionals murmur to each other as they work, speaking in a medical language I can’t comprehend. It's almost more than I can do to stand still, helpless. I have basic medic experience, of course, but I know that her life is in their hands, not mine. And it kills me to realize that, to stand h