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 –

sleeping to my chest. I put my

as he looks me up and down. “I just didn’t realize I was

murmur, leaning in to get a good look at the very real layer of dusty dark brown

contrast in the mirror – him

light on little Rafe, who is likewise covered in a light layer of brown dust. “Oh my god!” I exclaim again, immediately beginning to ruffle his hair and moaning as a

Sinclair chuckles, reaching out to unstrap the baby from me.

helping him take the baby from my arms. “Honestly, if this is what we look like after just an

to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be out of those terrible camps and in better situation in a month’s

away from the warmth of my body, starts to cry

just take him and

him cry a little for once he’s the happiest baby in the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.” Then, as I begin to strip out of my clothes, Sinclair takes off Rafe’s little outfit as

clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be too big to wear those by the time they’re clean.

on the warm water and

the shower for myself. I continue talking to Sinclair as I climb into the hot stream,

over my shoulder, starting to shampoo my hair. “I don’t think she’s into it, Dominic.

” But yeah, Roger

reaction, and Sinclair shoots me a little look of

not mad,

know that you’d never be mad at them for wanting a different kind of mating ceremony. But…does it mess up your plans

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