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

I nod

“It’s what

– I think

at Cora’s side, letting her

to shake her head.

She sighs, putting her head down

she collects her

priests, and Xander – it was already a distraction

of a war with the humans

much work to do here, and Ella,” she looks up at me

this time going to the refugee camps, actually helping

the gift

that she’s right. That there is so much to

to consider this possibility

days, Cora,” Roger says quietly next to her, taking her hand. “Two

and save the world, and take

else that’s going to

squeeze, “it would be okay to

You’ve earned that.”

Because as I consider what

are going to look like…it’s going to be a lot of dedication to the people

And it will make me so happy to do that work – to

people.

Cora is one of the people I want

And that has to count

Cora,” I say, leaning forward

“Two days.”

can see that she’s

yet.

head

in a very fancy RV? With a real

in, and not be wedged together in

sits up straight at the idea. “You

to her hairline. “I was sold at ‘real bed.’

a little

throwing up the hand that’s not holding my baby

I shout, laughing now. “Road trip! This

on a road

smirking down at me, pleased to see

and

go on a road trip!

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

-”

say, getting to my feet, carried away a little by my

up two fingers to everyone in the

dedicate our lives to helping the people of

a nation. So if I get two days

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

days we’ve

laughing and dancing around the room, holding Rafe up

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