Accidental Surrogate

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 383-Cora’s Decision Ella

“What?” Cora asks, laughing a little as if it’s a ridiculous notion. “What on earth could I have to pick and choose from?”

“Let’s back up a little,” Roger says, tugging her into the room and gesturing

towards one of the chairs around the table. As she settles herself into a seat Sinclair pulls over the little armchair that I’ve been using when I feed Rafe, and I

murmur my thanks to him as I settle down in it. As Roger begins, Sinclair swiftly hands me all of the things I need to feed Rafe – a burp cloth, a little blanket to throw over my shoulder, etc. – and I smile to myself at his consideration in anticipating my needs without me having to ask. My Alpha is a warrior, but he’s also a sweetheart. And I’m grateful for him every day. Everyone waits for me to get settled, but then once Rafe is happily eating

Henry begins.

“We discovered,” Henry begins, his eyes moving between me and Cora, that

Xander has fled east to Adalaxia.”

“Shit,” Cora sighs, slumping down in her chair. My emotions match hers. We

knew that Xander was on the run we’d largely decimated any of his that martial

forces in taking out his priests. But our great fear was that in the time it took us to regroup, that he’d leave the country and find allies who might help him. And it looks, now, like he did precisely that.

“Is Adalaxia…a good place for him to go?” I don’t know a lot about the

neighboring kingdom, especially as I was raised as a human and hadn’t known

that overlying the map of the human world there was a hidden world of wolf

kingdoms with its own wars and politics. Of course, ever since Damon broke the

secret of the of the wolves to the human world those maps have increasingly

combined to become one, but still – what I don’t know about wolf politics could

probably fill its own book.

Which, considering that I’ll likely soon be Queen, is…unfortunate. But I force

myself to pay attention to Henry’s answer.

“Adalaxia is a notoriously ruthless wolf nation,” he sighs. “They stick even more

strictly to what they perceive as the traditions of wolf kind even more than we

do. In comparison to them we are…ridiculously liberal.”

“What does that mean?” Cora asks, crossing her arms over her chest, her face

worried and confused.

“It means,” Roger explains, “that Xander has likely found allies with a group who

would not be on board with our own nation’s current policy, which is that wolves

and humans are equal and deserve to be treated with the same respect. They

also,” he continues, hesitating now and

we’re having this conversation with our

Adalaxians, women are…”

Sinclair finishes for

property.”

I gasp, my eyes going wide. ” Seriously? Are they

in time for five

it’s not a bad way to think of it,” Roger says, tilting his

to read or

and stay strictly within their homes. It

rights.”

Cora says, her face clearly displaying her disgust. “Though, it

there, considering how he

broodmare.”

says, nodding along with her. “And

well. They’re likely to respect Rafe’s claim

as Xavier’s grandson, not as my son. And, as

the role of regent

as I look down at my

person around whom

out to place a

that he was able to get there so fast. This would all be

at the

through a

that they give him back? Extradition,

whatever?”

replies, looking seriously down

currently, I am not.”

up at him for a second, confused,

eyes going wide. Because while

disposed of, and

that my mate will

done it yet. Which means, technically, that he doesn’t yet have

the powers which would allow him to

it?” Cora says, sitting

we do like… some kind of

you and get you on

all laugh a little at the idea of this, but there’s

“It’s more complicated

First, I have to claim it, and then

governors. It’s…all a bunch

of bureaucratic nonsense that the

have been king the moment I

what we get for wanting to live in a

a say in their lives. It’s a better

I say, looking up at him.

can,” Sinclair says, nodding down at

Cora,” he says, shifting his gaze