Accidental Surrogate Chapter 384-Road Trip

Ella

I watch Cora struggle with her choice, biting her lip and trying to figure out how

she feels. My heart goes out to her now, because I know that she thinks it is an

impossible ask to tell us that she wants to put a coronation on hold so that she

can visit a temple.

But suddenly, quite suddenly, it’s all I want for her. Because Cora has been here

for us through all of this – and she deserves answers to these questions. And I

open my mouth to say this, but Sinclair beats me to it.

“I think we should go,” he says, and I whip my eyes up to see him giving a

casual shrug. “It will only take a few days,” he adds, looking down at me to see

how I feel. “And, quite frankly, we could…use a break before the madness

begins again.”

A little smile creeps over my mouth. “Would it,” Cora begins, and then hesitates

again. But we all wait, letting her find her voice. “Would it be safe?” she asks.

“We think it would,” Roger says steadily at her side. “Xander’s on the run, which

means he’s scrambling. He’s an old man and we took out the forces that he was

using to physically attack us. Even if he’s working to get more, we think that we

have…at least a small window of time.”

“We would have to move quickly and quietly,” Henry adds, more cautious now

than he’s been in the past – I think spooked, still, by the disastrous results of our

last plan. “No planes or anything flashy – just…a small, anonymous family trip.”

I turn my attention back to Cora, wanting to know what she thinks. But she’s still

sitting perfectly still and quiet, clearly putting her thoughts together.

“I can’t ask you to do this,” she says after a long, quiet minute. “I – we need to

get the coronation going, to keep us all safe.”

“You don’t have to ask us to do it, Cora,” Sinclair answers quietly, and I turn my

eyes up at my mate. “We’re telling you we want to do it. Right?” he looks at me

I nod

Cora,” I say, leaning forwards her. “It’s what I was thinking. I

– I think we

at Cora’s side, letting her

continues to shake her

She sighs, putting her head

collects her

the humans that

and Ella,” she looks up at me

time going to the refugee camps,

the

face falls when I realize that she’s right.

to consider this possibility

days, Cora,” Roger says quietly next

you can come back and save the world, and take on

else that’s going to come

hand a little squeeze, “it would be okay to take two days.

You’ve earned that.”

find myself nodding, agreeing. Because as

are going to look like…it’s going to be a lot of dedication to

me so happy to

people.

people I want to help. She deserves it as

else. Plus, she’s my sister. And that has

I say, leaning forward and

“Two days.”

bites her lip and I can see that she’s tempted, even if

yet.

cocking his head to the side, “if I

be going in a very fancy RV? With a real bed that you

and not be wedged together in

up straight at the idea. “You should have

eyebrows going up almost to her hairline. “I

a little

joy, throwing up the hand that’s not holding

“Road

a road trip in my

asks, smirking down at me, pleased to see me so

looking excitedly between him and Cora. “This will

a road trip! This will be

laughing a little along with me. “It’s not precisely a

-”

getting to my feet, carried away a little by my excitement.

two fingers to everyone in the

helping the people of

running a nation. So if I get two days respite from

things that have been happening to us lately? They’re going to

vacation days we’ve ever

the room, holding

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