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.

sighing into our rooms that evening, Sinclair immediately looks up at me from his casual position on the bed – looking down at his tablet, still doing work, as usual – and

my chest. I put my hands on my hips. “What’s so

and standing up from the bed. Then he slips his hands into his pockets and smirks as he

and Sinclair, laughing, nods towards the bathroom. Both irritated and interested at once, I hurry in and gasp when I see myself in the mirror. “Oh my god,” I murmur, leaning in to get a good look at the

contrast in the mirror – him the perfect

likewise covered in a light layer of brown dust. “Oh my god!” I exclaim again, immediately beginning to

to unstrap the

“Honestly, if this is what we look like after

over to his little baby bath. “Hopefully all of the people will be out of those

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

him. I hesitate, wondering if I should just take him and let him sleep dirty honestly,

the world, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.” Then, as I begin to strip out

sigh, watching the little pieces of baby clothing disappear into the basket, “he’ll probably be

on the warm water and prepares to start bathing him. Rafe still fusses unhappily but reaches

before I turn and start the water in the shower for myself. I continue talking to Sinclair as I climb into the

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

Roger told me pretty much

turning to see his reaction, and Sinclair shoots

not mad, Ella

my head and turning away to rinse the shampoo from my hair. “That’s not what I mean I know that you’d never be mad at them for

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