Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 384

Accidental Surrogate Chapter 384-Road Trip

Ella

I watch Cora struggle with her choice, biting her lip and trying to figure out how

she feels. My heart goes out to her now, because I know that she thinks it is an

impossible ask to tell us that she wants to put a coronation on hold so that she

can visit a temple.

But suddenly, quite suddenly, it’s all I want for her. Because Cora has been here

for us through all of this – and she deserves answers to these questions. And I

open my mouth to say this, but Sinclair beats me to it.

“I think we should go,” he says, and I whip my eyes up to see him giving a

casual shrug. “It will only take a few days,” he adds, looking down at me to see

how I feel. “And, quite frankly, we could…use a break before the madness

begins again.”

A little smile creeps over my mouth. “Would it,” Cora begins, and then hesitates

again. But we all wait, letting her find her voice. “Would it be safe?” she asks.

“We think it would,” Roger says steadily at her side. “Xander’s on the run, which

means he’s scrambling. He’s an old man and we took out the forces that he was

using to physically attack us. Even if he’s working to get more, we think that we

have…at least a small window of time.”

“We would have to move quickly and quietly,” Henry adds, more cautious now

than he’s been in the past – I think spooked, still, by the disastrous results of our

last plan. “No planes or anything flashy – just…a small, anonymous family trip.”

I turn my attention back to Cora, wanting to know what she thinks. But she’s still

sitting perfectly still and quiet, clearly putting her thoughts together.

“I can’t ask you to do this,” she says after a long, quiet minute. “I – we need to

get the coronation going, to keep us all safe.”

“You don’t have to ask us to do it, Cora,” Sinclair answers quietly, and I turn my

eyes up at my mate. “We’re telling you we want to do it. Right?” he looks at me

and I nod

say, leaning forwards her. “It’s what I was thinking.

think we

at Cora’s side, letting

But she just continues to shake her

her head

collects

the priests, and Xander – it was

a war with the humans that has been terribly complicated. There

Ella,” she looks up at me now, “we

the refugee

have the

she’s right. That

selfish to consider this possibility

quietly next to her, taking her hand.

back and save the world,

that’s going to come along with them. But,” he

squeeze, “it would be okay

You’ve earned that.”

agreeing. Because as I consider what

to be a lot of

this world. And it will make me

people.

the people I want to help. She deserves it as much

Plus, she’s my sister. And that has

forward and giving her

“Two days.”

her lip and I can see that she’s tempted,

yet.

help,” Sinclair continues, cocking his head to the side,

going in a very fancy RV? With a real bed that you and

not be wedged together in

at the idea. “You should have started

up almost to her hairline.

a little smile creeps onto

up the hand that’s

“Yes!” I shout, laughing now. “Road trip! This is

on a road trip in

Sinclair asks, smirking down at me, pleased to

I cry, looking excitedly between him and Cora. “This will

wanted to go on a road trip! This will be the best

laughing a little along with me. “It’s not precisely a

-”

I say, getting to my feet, carried away a little by my excitement. “We

two fingers to everyone in the room. ”

dedicate our lives to helping the people of this world, and

and running a nation. So if I get two

that have been happening to us lately? They’re going to be the

days

then I’m laughing and dancing around the room, holding Rafe up in

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