Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 300

A Brotherhood of Wolves

Sinclair

I move quickly through the paperwork that the priestess gives us, half of my attention on Ella and Cora across the room. Rafe isn’t hungry yet I know this for sure, and I know that Ella knows too. He ate on the way here, in the car.

So, what he hell is she up

to?

I hand the paperwork back to the priestess, who gives us a warm smile and tells me she’s looking forward to seeing us on the night of the full moon. Roger and I murmur our polite goodbyes and then we both turn our attention back to the sisters.

“What’s going on over there,” Roger asks, watching them with his arms crossed.

I take a moment to look him over. His body is tense, his brow low with worry. “Why don’t you tell me?” I say quietly, my voice low and a little frustrated.

My brother snaps his head back to me, frowning. “What?”

“Come on, Roger,” I respond, shaking my head. “Don’t pretend they’re not talking about you.”

“Me?!” he says, aghast. “What did I do?” But towards the end of his sentence, his eyes flick to the floor. Guilty.

“What’s even going on with you two?” I ask, sighing, not really wanting to have the conversation but feeling pressed to it now if it’s disrupting our plans for our child’s dedication. It’s an important day – I want it to go smoothly, undisturbed by this drama.

“That’s Ella,” Roger murmurs, shaking his head, “speaking through you. You don’t actually care what’s going on between us.”

a little offended. “I care, Roger. But yeah…Ella has brought this…issue to my attention. More than I would have noticed otherwise. She calls

asks, confused, spinning to me. “What’s

of my nose between my thumb and forefinger. “A

“Codger?!”

that or

forehead in his hand and taking a deep breath. “You guys talk about it enough that

the best for both of them. “I think Cora is upset. And I thought it was just Ella

and runs his hand down his face so that it’s covering his mouth as he, too, looks across the room at this incredible pair of sisters. “I stopped calling her. I regret it, Dominic – I…” he sighs, as if having trouble putting it into words. “But it’s not easy, with her

it out,” I say, hoping

looks up at me, a little exhausted but ready to listen. “If you mess up this

hold up a

to kill both of us.

and he shakes his head, looking over at her. “How is that even a threat?”

our best to make Cora feel welcome, because if Cora’s not

into the air and making an explosion sound with his

I respond, nodding.

a moment, looking over at the girls, each thinking our private thoughts.

frowning at me. I start out of my reverie,

“We don’t need a couple name. We’re

supplies. I glare

“Elominic?”

glare turns into a

give him a shove, unable to help the smile that pulls at my lips.

up,” I

has to

defeated. “Don’t say that to her she’ll love it, she’ll never let it

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