Ella
I gasp, my hands again flying to my mouth –
–
His pup his –
“Oh my god,” I murmur, my eyes flashing to Cora’s shocked face
But before I can do anything, say anything else, Roger leaps forward, grabbing Cora hard by the arms. She screams, terrified, and I can see the very real shock and fear on her face as Roger shakes her once, hard.
“How, Cora!” he yells, his eyes wide- so wide I can see the whites all around them –
I gasp, realizing that Roger is completely flipping out – realizing that he’s he’s turning
—
Sinclair sees it the moment I do and bellows, crossing the room in two steps and grabbing Roger around the waist, tackling him to the floor as Roger’s body changes swiftly, flashing into his wolf form in the blink of an eye. I move to reach for Cora, wanting her by my side, but Sinclair and Roger are between us.
I move, fast, grabbing Rafe’s carrier and dashing along the wall to the back of the room, watching Cora stumble backwards towards it as well. Rafe starts to wail with the shock and the noise of it all, but we reach the back wall at the same time as Cora.
Snarls rip through the air as I take Cora’s hand. As I snap my attention back to our mates I see that they’re both in their wolf forms, snapping at each other, wrestling on the ground, each seeking dominance –
“Oh my god,” Cora murmurs, her hand shaking as she raises it to her mouth, unable to take her eyes away from her mate fighting mine.
“It’s okay,” I assure her, reaching out and taking her hand, hoping that I’m right, “He was just – he was just really freaked out Cora –”
my words are drowned out by a mighty roar and we both spin our heads back to the wolves to see Sinclair standing over Roger, pinning him down beneath his paws, Sinclair’s mouth open and with all his
while now – and while I’ve had time to get used to this kind of ferocity as part of my life and my own identity
first time she’s experiencing
perhaps, it’s not the best moment for her
And then I wrap my arms
it is
head at Sinclair, who I see is stepping away from Roger now, some of the intensity
at me with his fierce wolf’s eyes. He flipped out – it was a purely bodily reaction to
to pin him down so he could take a second and realize that
knew it would be. Sinclair tucks his hands into his pockets and
head from my shoulder, surprised as she watches Roger’s wolf get to his feet hanging his head a little
to my own baby boy, lifting him up into my arms and
a flash of light, and he’s standing there in front of us,
his face full of
she murmurs, her hands still
and takes her face in his hands,
if I
little and looking up at him, and as I stand with Rafe in my arms I can feel my heart in
–
head, earnest apology written in
then he takes a step back, his hands sliding to Cora’s shoulders as he looks down at her stomach,
it…” she says, her hands going to her stomach as
he breathes and they look up at each other again. “It is
out of her shocked,
–
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