Chapter 422- Bath Time

Ella

“Cora,” I scold, frowning, “you know I don’t’ feel that way – ”

“Well I know you’d never say it,” she protests, sighing. “But I do get that this union between a wolf and a human that, symbolically, it’s important. And even if you’re not disappointed that it could be…disappointing.”

“I want you to have the mating ceremony you want, Cora,” I reply, steady in my truth here. “Especially in the case of something as important as this.” I give her hand a little squeeze before pulling mine away. “But if you’d like to consider a middle path…maybe you could let me show you what I was thinking?”

She turns her head to look up at me, surprised. “You’ve been…planning?”

“Just a little,” I say, unable to keep the eagerness out of my voice. “Just late at night when Sinclair is asleep and I can’t sleep, or I get up to feed Rafe – ”

“You’ve been loosing sleep over this!?”

“No!” I protest, but then I hesitate. ” Well, not much.”

“Ella!”

“Just – can I show you what I was thinking!?” I plead, “sister to sister!? And then, if you hate it, you can say no.” A wide grin comes to my face then. “But I think you’re going to like it.”

Cora gives a big sigh, leaning back into her seat and closing her eyes. ” Fine, Ella,” she says. “But this is not a yes.”

“I didn’t think it was!” I say, newly excited. Because honestly…it’s gorgeous, and I can’t wait to show her my plans.

immediately looks up at me from his casual position on the bed –

ask, frowning, my baby strapped sleeping to my chest. I put my

and smirks as he looks me up

murmur, leaning in to get a good look at the very real layer of dusty dark brown grime that’s covering

mirror – him the perfect Alpha King, clean-shaved and pressed – and me, a messy ball of dirt with crazy hair

god!” I exclaim again, immediately beginning to ruffle his hair and moaning as a little puff of dust explodes into

hurt him,” Sinclair chuckles, reaching out to unstrap the baby

if this is what we look like after just an afternoon, imagine how

we’ve diverted a lot of attention to it,” he replies, holding the baby away from him a little as he carries him over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be out

waking a little now that he’s away from the warmth of my body, starts to

should just take

he’s the happiest baby in the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.”

pieces of baby clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be too big to wear those by

the warm water and prepares to start bathing him. Rafe still fusses unhappily but reaches for his father’s finger, wanting to hold

before I turn and start the water in the shower for myself. I continue talking to Sinclair as I climb into the hot stream, relishing the feel of it

wedding,” I call over my shoulder, starting to shampoo

disappointing,” he replies. ” But yeah, Roger told me pretty

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I’m not

what I mean I know that you’d never be mad at them for wanting a different kind

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