Chapter 425 – The Mark Ella
“Well that’s weird,” I murmur, looking through my phone as my mate sits shirtless beside me, finishing up the last of his paperwork before bed.
“What’s weird,” he asks, though I can tell he’s only half paying attention. But I frown, looking at the message from Cora. “Cora says she’s going away with Roger for a few days.”
“What?” he asks, his head swiveling to me, his voice instantly more alert. Then he snatches his own phone off the bedside table. “That can’t be right,” he says, flicking through his messages. Roger didn’t say anything to me.”
“Well, whatever,” I say, giving a little shrug. “They can take some time for themselves –
“Ella,” Sinclair sighs, and I look over at him in surprise. “We’re planning a coronation and trying to run a country. I’m depending on him to be here!”
I frown at him and shake my head a little. “Don’t be so unromantic, Dominic,” I scold. “They’re in love, they’re going to have a baby. Plus, Cora looked amazing in the wedding dresses today – I think I’m going to be able to talk her into that wedding. If they do that for us, why wouldn’t we let them have a few days away?”
“Did she say that she was going to do it?” he asks, raising his eyebrows at me.
“Nope!” I say, smiling as I start to type a reply on my phone. “She said to forget about it.”
“What!?”
“Don’t stress,” I say, laughing and glancing at him again. “I know her! I think she’s gonna say yes. We should move forward with the plans.”
Sinclair just groans and shakes his head, typing his own message out probably to his brother. I concentrate on my own.
you need. Don’t worry about the camps Isabel, Hank, and I can hold it
look quickly over at the baby to make sure that he’s still sleeping – and I smile to see that he is before curling up next to my mate, resting my head against his chest and giving him a little kiss there as he finishes his
yell at him?”
phone aside and wrapping his arm around me. “Okay well don’t yell
it,”
is it?” I ask. Because I know him – I know that
if Sinclair is clearing his throat, wanting to talk
Something’s up.
he says, hesitating. “I want you to trust me when I tell you what I have to say.” I sit up fully now, frowning down
I demand, getting suddenly anxious. “Right
I just shake my head at him, frowning,
until you
his voice
“Dominic!”
I’m not going to give in, and then he closes his
“What!?” I gasp, appalled.
nations are coming,” he says quickly, “sending a delegation if not their royals themselves. It would be an incredible insult not to
“Am I hearing you right? Not only are they coming, but
away. “We had to extend the invitation – it would have
the Atalaxians need a little aggression in their lives, and start to move away from Sinclair, kicking away the blankets. But before
a little yelp of surprise as Sinclair levers himself over me, swiftly gathering both of my wrists in one of his hands and lifting them over my head before using his body to pin me to
and then I frown up at him, angry. “What are
starting to think that you need a little reminder of who is the Alpha in
wriggling a little beneath him, but he holds firm. “I’m allowed to have my opinions!” I snap, starting to get pissed. “I don’t have to agree with everything
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