Chapter 340 – Reassurance

Ella

We all go a little pale, I think, as we consider the possibility that Cora, too, is an accidental – or not so accidental – surrogate.

“I’m sure that’s not true,” I say suddenly, shaking my head but a little shaken – I admit – by the idea that the baby was conceived during a storm that basically forced Roger and Cora off the road and into an empty room with not much in it besides a bed. It seems…a little too convenient to be chance, didn’t it?

“This is your baby, Cora,” I say with assurance, knowing it to be true.

“She’s right,” Roger says, nodding at Cora without doubt in his eyes. “You are this baby’s mother, and I’m its father, and that’s the end of the story. All right?”

Cora nods, but I can see her hesitate still.

“We’ll get answers, Cora,” Sinclair says quietly. “I agree with Ella and Roger – but if you’d like, we can consult the elders, like we did when we wanted information on how Ella was pregnant.”

“Oh,” she says, her eyebrows going up “Yes, can we do that? That would be great.”

Sinclair nods, giving her a little smile and letting her know that he’ll set it up as soon as can be arranged. I realize something and gasp with excitement, bouncing a little on the bed.

“Maybe you’re a wolf, Cora!” I say, “like me! Maybe you just didn’t realize it! Maybe the same thing happened!”

“No, Ella,” Cora says, laughing at my excitement a little. “Our mother made it very clear to me on the temple steps that day – two daughters, one wolf, one human. I’m the human.”

“Oh,” I say, suddenly disappointed. But I take a deep breath and dismiss the thought, wrapping my arms around my sister’s shoulders and pressing my cheek to hers. “Well, whatever!” I say, cheerful. “Whatever this baby’s genetic makeup is, I’m excited. And we’ll love little ‘it‘ so much.”

the bed and putting his head in my lap, resting the baby on the bed next to him, letting Rafe have some

do you think the baby’s

were half human, it maybe makes some kind of logical sense that you only have access

he murmurs, and then he

again. “I think it’s cool that we don’t

seem to remember you tackling me in excitement when I told you he was a boy.”

fondly. “But there’s something good about the mystery too.

see her looking at Roger, grinning at the clear disappointment on his face. “You wish you knew,” she guesses with a grin

usual for wolves to wait to know the sex. We

someone telling you that it’s Christmas but then

forward to give him a little shove. “You

it’s a boy,” she accuses, her grin deepening. “You won’t be able to rest

smirks at Cora, rueful,

I gasp, my hands flying

reminds me, laughing as

a very tiny glare before turning back to Roger. “But I

girl.”

you want both?” he asks, confused

just can!” Everyone is laughing now and I turn to

elbow. “Back me

we have a boy I’m handing it immediately off to Roger,” she declares, though we all know she doesn’t mean it as she

and be

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