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

say, leaning forwards her. “It’s

think

simply staying steady at Cora’s side,

mind. But she just continues to shake

here.” She sighs, putting her head

collects

Xander – it was already a

war with the humans that has been terribly

and Ella,” she looks

this time going to the refugee camps, actually

the gift

when I realize that she’s right. That there is

it’s perhaps selfish to consider this possibility

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

come back and save the world, and take on

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

hand a little squeeze, “it would be okay to

You’ve earned that.”

agreeing. Because as

to be a lot

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

people.

the people I want to

And

Cora,” I say, leaning forward and giving

“Two days.”

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

yet.

head to

fancy RV? With a real

not be wedged together in

at the idea. “You should have started with

eyebrows going up almost to her hairline. “I was sold at ‘real

little smile creeps onto her

up the hand

now. “Road trip! This is

road trip in my

asks, smirking down at me, pleased to see me so

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

wanted to go on a road trip! This will be

says, laughing a little along

-”

say, getting to my feet, carried

up two fingers to

to helping the people of

enemies, and running a nation. So if I get two days respite from all

things that have been happening to us lately?

days we’ve ever

around the room, holding Rafe up in

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