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.”

brought this…issue to my attention. More than I would have noticed otherwise. She calls you two…” I sigh, a little embarrassed,

confused, spinning to me. “What’s Codger?”

couple name,” I say, sighing and pressing the bridge of my nose between my thumb and forefinger.

“Codger?!”

was that or

a deep breath. “You guys

Roger,” I explain, looking again at my beautiful, sweet mate, who wants the best for both of them. “I think Cora is upset. And

room at this incredible pair of sisters. “I stopped calling her.

put a steady hand on his back, letting him know that I’m here. You’ll figure it out,” I say, hoping it’s

a little exhausted but ready to listen. “If you mess

up a hand. He shuts his mouth, letting

this ceremony, Ella is going to

little laugh bursts from my brother and he shakes his head, looking over at her. “How is that even

cross her. And do our best to make Cora feel welcome, because if Cora’s not happy then Ella’s not

hand into the air and making an explosion sound with his mouth, simultaneously opening

respond,

over at the girls, each thinking our private thoughts.

I start out of my reverie, looking at him. “If we’re Codger,” he muses, “…what

away. “We don’t need a couple name. We’re just Dominic and

he supplies. I glare at

“Elominic?”

glare turns into

a shove, unable to help the smile that pulls at my

up,” I

has

breathe, defeated. “Don’t say that to her she’ll

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