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.
asks, confused, spinning to me. “What’s Codger?”
pressing the bridge of my nose between my thumb and forefinger. “A mix between
“Codger?!”
was that
and taking a deep breath. “You guys talk about it enough that it has a nickname?”
sweet mate, who wants the best for both of them. “I think Cora is upset. And I thought it was just Ella being Ella
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 – I…” he sighs, as if having trouble putting it into words. “But it’s not easy, with her being a human.
You’ll figure it out,” I say, hoping it’s the right
I say carefully. He looks up at me, a little exhausted but ready
up a hand. He shuts his mouth, letting me
Ella is going to kill
his head, looking over at her. “How is that even a threat?” he breathes, wondering.
just…not cross her. And do our best to make Cora feel welcome, because if Cora’s not happy then Ella’s not happy, and if
lifting his hand into the air and making an explosion sound with his mouth, simultaneously opening
I respond, nodding.
a moment, looking over at the girls, each thinking our private thoughts. But after
he says, frowning at me. I start out of my reverie, looking at him. “If we’re Codger,” he muses, “…what are you?”
respond, firm, looking away. “We don’t need a couple name. We’re just Dominic and
he supplies. I glare at
“Elominic?”
glare turns into a
to laugh. I just give him a shove, unable to help the smile that pulls
I murmur.
no, it has to
defeated. “Don’t say that to her she’ll love
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