#Chapter 366 - Extant

“Just five minutes, then you can talk to your dad!” Ella calls cheerfully to Ariel as she slips back into the bedroom, pulling the door carefully shut behind her. But the moment she turns back to Cora, all kindness slips away from her face. “I’m going to murder that stupid boxer.” “Oh no,” Cora sighs, her shoulders slumping. “Ella, can you please come over here?” Dominic sighs. “It’s very hard to hear you –“ Ella sighs and storms over to the bed, sitting down hard next to her sister. “You were right, Roger.” “Usually my four favorite words,” Roger sighs, shaking his head. “Though not today.” “Tell me,” Dominic orders, stern. “I looked,” Ella says. “Her bond with Jackson is quite strong – bright and shining. But next to it, the one with Luca – it’s still there. Not broken, not disappeared. Just ragged as all hell and stretching out towards him, wherever he is in the world.” Dominic groans, devastated by the news, and ducks his face into his hands. “Oh, Luca’s in the c