#Chapter 456 – Crying Child

Ella’s ears perk and her head snaps up, her eyes immediately moving towards the door of her cozy little office because… That’s a child crying somewhere down the hall. She tilts her head to the side, assessing, realizing that… That she doesn’t know this one. She knows the sounds of all her nieces and nephews crying. This one is young – older than an infant but not yet a proper kid – and the only child she knows of that age is Seraphina. But Sera – that’s not her… Ella stands quickly, heading for her door, her ears collecting more information as she goes. That the child isn’t in pain, but is instead scared – freaked out, really. And that with every moment, the child is coming closer. Ella whips open the door, her eyes already wide and going wider when she sees the group of boys standing just outside. Her boys – Rafe and Jesse, and Jackson at their center, and Mark and Ben flanking on either side – And held in Jackson’s arms, a tiny little girl, her head tilted back as she