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.”

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

asks, confused, spinning

name,” I say, sighing and pressing the bridge of my nose between my thumb and forefinger. “A mix between Cora

“Codger?!”

that or

his forehead in his hand and taking a deep breath. “You guys talk

for both of them. “I think Cora is upset. And I thought it was just Ella being Ella until…today.

brother sighs again 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

steady hand on his back, letting him know that I’m here. You’ll figure it out,” I say, hoping it’s the right thing. He nods quietly, and I can tell that

little exhausted but ready

but I hold up a hand. He shuts his mouth, letting

to

looking over at her. “How is that even a threat?” he

best to make Cora feel welcome, because if Cora’s not happy then Ella’s not

an explosion

respond, nodding.

looking over at the girls, each thinking our private thoughts. But after a moment, Roger asks a

out of my reverie, looking

firm, looking away. “We don’t need

supplies. I glare at him.

“Elominic?”

glare turns into a

starting to laugh. I just give him a shove, unable to help the smile that

up,” I

has to be

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

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