#Chapter 277 – Back to Work

Ella When I open my eyes, Sinclair is already gone, despite the fact that he got maybe five hours of total sleep last night. He was gone as soon as his head hit the pillow when we got back to bed. I had taken a moment to nibble on a little madeleine cookie that I’d snuck into the pocket of my robe, but I hadn’t been far behind him. I stretch leisurely on the bed now, enjoying the ability to extend my legs and arms all the way across it with no gigantic wolf-man to block my path. Of course, I’d rather have him here than not, but we must accept life’s small luxuries when we are granted them. I take a minute to check in on the baby – still asleep, wrapped in contentment – and then glance around the room, wondering how I want to spend my day. I’m hit with a little pang of despair, though, as I realize that…this is going to be how every day starts for the next three months. And that my options are honestly limited to television, and reading, and whatever I can find on my phone